> The PhD version of counting angels dancing on the head of a pin. <
Sometimes these pure research projects yield practical results. But I struggle to find any practical results here. Looks like just another… well, what you said.
Paying PhDs to do this sort of thing might be one reason college tuition is so high.
The result here might not have value. But it least it’s not harmful. The junk research coming from education “doctors” and DEI “doctors” - that stuff is harmful.
Or it might turn out to be a useful tool to deal with a problem in another field - as sometimes happens.