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"I forked out over $2000 to attend two conferences [..] at the second I was cut off half-way into my paper." I have never seen this happen at any conference. I
by nikanj 10y ago
"I forked out over $2000 to attend two conferences [..] at the second I was cut off half-way into my paper."
I have never seen this happen at any conference. It makes the author sound like a crackpot.
- exolymph 10y ago"I have never seen this happen" =/= "This has never happened"
- nikanj 10y agoI'm not questioning whether it happened or not, I'm curious about the reasons their presentation was cut short. "There’s nothing quite like having an established academic decide that hearing eight minutes of the allotted twenty would be sufficient. As a self-funded under-employed contingent, I wasn’t going to say anything useful anyway." How would this established academic know they're self-funded and under-employed?
- the_duck 10y agoThe author's job title might have given this away. In Canada (assistant|associate|full) professors are tenured or tenure track, and hence higher status. Any other title could be assumed to mean non-tenure track and under-employed, hence lower status.