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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by andybak on Saturday November 24, 2018 @07:17AM (#18521697)
> But after that Academia is PURE meritocracy.

Are you claiming it is a pure meritocracy or that it aspires to being such? If the former then I think that's remarkably optimistic to the point of naivety so I'll presume you mean the latter.

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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by nisuni on Saturday November 24, 2018 @10:32AM (#18522433)
Academia is not perfectly meritocratic but is most likely the most meritocratic environment in the world, particularly in science.
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