5. What Do Tom Sawyer and the Founder of Duolingo Have in Common?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Also: is there such a thing as too much science? With special guest Luis von Ahn.

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0:00.0	I'm thankful that most academics are such terrible writers.
0:03.1	Right, gives you a job.
0:05.2	I'm Antelope Duckworth.
0:06.3	I'm Stephen Dovner.
0:07.3	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:10.9	Today on the show,
0:12.1	how do you get people to work for free without they're even knowing it?
0:15.7	It's like better than Tom Sawyer, really.
0:17.4	He just painted a freaking face.
0:18.8	Yeah.
0:20.2	Also, there are millions of academic articles published each year.
0:25.4	But how much is this research actually benefiting us?
0:28.4	Not even other scientists are reading these articles.
0:31.3	And not even scientists' mothers.
0:33.3	Very likely not.
0:36.9	Angela.
0:37.8	Stephen.
0:38.3	Nice to see you.
0:39.2	It is great to see you.
0:40.2	Special occasion today.
0:41.8	Very special, I think.
0:43.3	Our first ever guest on no stupid questions.
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