> What saddens me is that the student who allegedly took his own life was probably so deeply surrounded by academia that he didn't know there's a world who won'

> What saddens me is that the student who allegedly took his own life was probably so deeply surrounded by academia that he didn't know there's a world who won't judge him for having one fewer paper on his CV and will even look on him positively for reporting fraud and getting his advisor into career trouble. Could be that, or could just be that the student couldn't imagine himself not doing academic research despite knowing of the rest of the world. It's sad nevertheless, of course, and I'm not trying to say you're wrong in any way. It's just that people's motives and the reasons they feel trapped can be difficult to guess.