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Re:A researcher's response to people pointing out 150 errors... by throwaway729 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @10:53AM (#13977039)
> a doctorate at Stanford and then become a professor at Cornell

As an aside, academia is no meritocracy. A lot of what's required to get posts at schools like these amounts to self-promotion and luck (graduating in the right year & from the right lab).

Of course hard work and technical competence is also required, so your point stands.

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Re:A researcher's response to people pointing out 150 errors... by tyingq on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:17AM (#13977287)
Yeah...wasn't saying that path implies genius. It should, though, denote the ability to do basic math, or the common sense to have someone proofread your papers. This is just so odd to me, has me wondering if he's trolling.
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