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Sometimes I wonder if researchers are too conflict-averse temperamentally to effectively police themselves. I remember grad school being suffused with below-the
by jackcosgrove 8y ago
Sometimes I wonder if researchers are too conflict-averse temperamentally to effectively police themselves. I remember grad school being suffused with below-the-surface grudges, innuendo, and shunning. Those aren't healthy ways to resolve conflicts, but they seemed like the path of least resistance for people who fear the raising of voices.
- wpietri 8y agoIs that really temperament? I always thought of that as learned behavior necessary to survive in an academic context, where one's fate is for years in the hands of various authorities who can cause you a great deal of harm.