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Re:The readability of scientific texts is decreasing by JustFinishedBSG on Sunday September 10, 2017 @05:15PM (#15214351)
> A PhD is effectively an apprenticeship towards becoming a tenure-track professor.

No it's not, plenty of people get PhD with the goal of ending as a researcher in the industry.

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Re:The readability of scientific texts is decreasing by davidgay on Sunday September 10, 2017 @08:13PM (#15215000)
Or, even, shockingly, because they enjoyed doing research, even if they then don't spend the rest of their life doing research in academia or industry.
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