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Comment by abetusk

I think the professional sciences has, for a long time, been a social game of building ones career but it does feel like it's metastasized into something that's swallowed academia.

From the first article in the series [0]:

> Insiders ... understand that a research paper serves ... in increasing importance ... Currency, An advertisement, Brand marketing ... in contrast to what outsiders .. believe, which is ... to share a novel discovery with the world in a detailed report.

I can believe it's absolutely true. And yikes.

Other than the brutal contempt, TFA looks like pretty good advice.

[0] https://maxwellforbes.com/posts/your-paper-is-an-ad/

parent abetusk 1 year ago

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