[FRIAM] PhDs and curiosity

[glen]

So, with the recent conversations about when an LLM might be considered alive and the extent to which some/all PhD programs represent intelligence/knowledge, I landed on this question:

Is curiosity-driven science like germ-line genetics, whereas ideals/values-driven science is like cultural inheritance?

The analogy seems OK to me. Nothing short of significant trauma can divert the curious. But a cultural value/ideal (including things like capitalism or whatnot) seems like it could pretty easily fade beyond 1 or 2 generations. Please trash this idea! I want to use it at the pub. But if it doesn't pass muster, here, I may not. >8^D

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