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If you think this is any different from how industry works, you have not spent enough time in industry.

After-the-fact-hypothesis is constantly used to retroactively justify business decisions.

I have 10 years in Industry, testing hypothesis is testing.

Building a product that is bad because 'X person wanted it' is bad Capitalism and will be punished.

Academia doesnt have this same customer focused delivery.

Hmmm...I think it depends on how fast the feedback loop of bad sales is. There are lots of cases where somebody inside a corporation wants the answer to be "X", because that's what they had advocated. It may be worse for the corporation as a whole, but it's better for that guy's career, and if the hit to the corporation is not immediately visible.

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