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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by civilized on Sunday October 31, 2021 @10:08PM (#29062403)
And once they climb that ladder, academics who reach prestigious journal positions very consistently choose not to rock the boat, even though they hold all the cards. I think that says a lot about academia at large.
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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by ethanbond on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:32AM (#29064583)
Yeah, in the same way that the existence of Murdochs, Sacklers, and Kochs says “a lot” about every person working in the retail or service industries.

What you’re seeing is simply incentives and human beings’ universal responsiveness to them.

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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by civilized on Monday November 01, 2021 @08:33AM (#29065879)
Indeed, it says precisely what I said in the original post.
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