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I'm in awe of his skills and intelligence. Sounds like someone who knows how to work smarter. I would have taken that as a learning opportunity. *edit: Getting

I'm in awe of his skills and intelligence. Sounds like someone who knows how to work smarter. I would have taken that as a learning opportunity. *edit: Getting a few down-votes on this one. I was being mildly sarcastic but on the other hand it takes some skill and smart thinking to pull this kind of thing off. Also in my experience, bull-shitting is a very valuable and necessary skill at work and in life in general. Arguably it gets you to a position where you can do work of actual substance and get recognition for it.

badpun 8y ago
If he’s ok with doing bullshit work (as opposed to real research) just for the sake of gaming the system, why not just do it in the private sector? Is about the impressing people with a Professor title?
- frickinLasers 8y ago
  Maybe he's waiting for tenure to start doing real research. That's the only winning strategy for this game, as far as I can tell.
  - yourbandsucks 8y ago
    You are what you repeatedly do. It's very unlikely that someone who's spent their entire professional life being one way flips a switch after tenure.
    - icebraining 8y ago
      Maybe he's already doing real research, and that stuff is a side "business" to allow him to continue to do so.
      - joelx 8y ago
        Or maybe he's just a scammer.
mr_overalls 8y ago
Sounds like you're in awe of someone who has learned to play a game to his own benefit, but to the detriment of the larger institution (i.e. science) of which he is a part.
- throwaway5752 8y ago
  This seems to be a common thread of "lifehack" types
- kiriakasis 8y ago
  From the original description "detriment of the larger institution" might be inappropriate. After all he gave more than 25 other people a chance to publish. And if we assume that some of those experiment involved master students then for a few of them that was their first publication. It look like he was kind of a unmoral presence from many point of view, but you cannot ignore that he probably helped many people get more experience. Again I am not claiming that what he did was right, but it is neither necessarily a detriment to science.

badpun 8y ago

If he’s ok with doing bullshit work (as opposed to real research) just for the sake of gaming the system, why not just do it in the private sector? Is about the impressing people with a Professor title?

frickinLasers 8y ago
Maybe he's waiting for tenure to start doing real research. That's the only winning strategy for this game, as far as I can tell.
- yourbandsucks 8y ago
  You are what you repeatedly do. It's very unlikely that someone who's spent their entire professional life being one way flips a switch after tenure.
  - icebraining 8y ago
    Maybe he's already doing real research, and that stuff is a side "business" to allow him to continue to do so.
    - joelx 8y ago
      Or maybe he's just a scammer.

mr_overalls 8y ago

Sounds like you're in awe of someone who has learned to play a game to his own benefit, but to the detriment of the larger institution (i.e. science) of which he is a part.

throwaway5752 8y ago
This seems to be a common thread of "lifehack" types
kiriakasis 8y ago
From the original description "detriment of the larger institution" might be inappropriate. After all he gave more than 25 other people a chance to publish. And if we assume that some of those experiment involved master students then for a few of them that was their first publication. It look like he was kind of a unmoral presence from many point of view, but you cannot ignore that he probably helped many people get more experience. Again I am not claiming that what he did was right, but it is neither necessarily a detriment to science.