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This was really interesting. Especially the author trying to figure out if she is the odd one or if it’s them. I do feel like a couple of the aspects are on h

This was really interesting. Especially the author trying to figure out if she is the odd one or if it’s them. I do feel like a couple of the aspects are on her like the whole diatribe about not knowing how to publish a study in a journal. Pretty sure one could just look that up on the internet, I don’t understand why that seemed like some intractable problem for her, especially being surrounded by people with connections that could probably help her. Or the part about the vacation homes and white trash. There are plenty of white trash people with vacation homes(small cabins), myself included. So it seems to me, that she is actually just a tad sheltered. But no doubt that those so called elite people are also odd.

thrown_22 4y ago
If you have to ask about publishing in a journal you won't be published. It's very hard explaining to outsiders just how petty and vindictive peer review is. You need a friend to vouch for you to get published in a top tier journal. Largely the reason why I left academia and went back to being one of the parasites she talks about. Academia isn't any more meritocratic than the blue blood circles [0], the only difference is that the pie is so much smaller. [0] https://www.statnews.com/2019/06/25/alzheimers-cabal-thwarted-progress-toward-cure/ https://www.statnews.com/2019/06/25/alzheimers-cabal-thwarte... I talked to people about this in the 00s and it was common knowledge in the field that publishing anything outside what that cabal deemed acceptable would kill your career. When I asked if the persons career was worth more than their grandmothers life I didn't get an answer.