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Re:Harvard scientist is arrested, accused of lying about tie... by m0zg on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:35AM (#22178028)
Professor != researcher. It's more like a research manager. Not a huge loss to the field.
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Re:Harvard scientist is arrested, accused of lying about tie... by cat199 on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:37AM (#22178867)
I would be willing to bet money that there are literally 0 tier-1 tenured research professors that didn't make significant contributions 'on their own' before becoming PI's in the US. (although 'on their own' is questionable anyway since this was probably in someone else's lab)..
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Re:Harvard scientist is arrested, accused of lying about tie... by m0zg on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @05:22AM (#22179079)
Yes, they've made those contributions in the past. By the time they become professors they're mostly mooching off their grad students' work.
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Re:Harvard scientist is arrested, accused of lying about tie... by blaser-waffle on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:04PM (#22185803)
A nicer way to put it would be they're managing and directing research projects.

Also makes it easier to poach info from multiple research streams...

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