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This is just such a sad situation. The scientist's reputation has taken a big beating and he will now be looked through the lease of these accusations for rest
by vishnugupta 5y ago
This is just such a sad situation. The scientist's reputation has taken a big beating and he will now be looked through the lease of these accusations for rest of his career, if not more.
The last paragraph stood out for me.
“My love is science. I did not want politics, right? I saw that, and I got away from it. I do my devotion to science. I help people, I support. But I learned that you can’t get away. Politics impacts everybody. So if there are things that are not right, we all need to speak out.”
Lot of times most of us, including me, don't speak out against wrong policies. We all think "let's just focus on our own thing" it won't affect us. But we are all wrong, "Politics impacts everybody".
- tasha0663 5y ago> The scientist's reputation has taken a big beating While this really sucked, this is an exaggeration. No charges. Still has his job. He can still file for government grants. The article starts with his colleagues offering up opportunities for him and celebrating that he is back. Yeah, the feds screwed the pooch and messed things up, but I don't see where his reputation was actually harmed.
- sangnoir 5y ago> While this really sucked, this is an exaggeration He lost 15 doctoral students/post docs who moved on in his absence, and I'm assuming his research group(s) imploded - do you think it's going to be easy to get those back? He has a job, but it's not at the same job he had before - for one he'll be co-authoring fewer papers. So his reputation has taken a beating in measurable ways - that's no exaggeration.
- tasha0663 5y agoYou've cured my ignorance. Thanks.
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- ska 5y agoI think you are critically underestimating the impact of having your lab fall apart like this. It may not be a career end, but the career is probably irrevocably impacted.