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Sigh. What happened to her was terrible. But I would have just taken the deal to get the Ph.D. Yes, it's theft, it's a year of work lost. But we live in an unju

Sigh. What happened to her was terrible. But I would have just taken the deal to get the Ph.D. Yes, it's theft, it's a year of work lost. But we live in an unjust world. If you have physical property stolen, sometimes you just have to take the loss and move on. There was never an effective course for justice for her. Grad students are the least powerful group at universities, she's a woman. Single digit millionaires have no effective access to the legal system, especially in IP cases. She would have done better to take the hit, get into a faculty position, and eventually respond from a position of power. I feel sorry for her, but unfortunately we're stranded on this planet amongst the rest of our species.

cavDXF 9y ago
It should not. Moral decay is a result of the system itself. Not that it is something new, but it gets more and more adamant when more and more people or employers want a PhD. Standards for post graduate students have been lowered (at least in my country) over the last 30 years to cope with the demand. Plus the points she mentions in the fourth part of her posts is the one that made me turn my stomach over, because it is the one argument that i always knew myself, but could not grasp. It's the same reason why i left. You are not wanted because you will take the job someone already occupies.