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Don't mistake self-congratulatory with show-y about academia. Only the home crowd know academics names, politics at least has the public eye on them.
by Fordec 3y ago
Don't mistake self-congratulatory with show-y about academia.
Only the home crowd know academics names, politics at least has the public eye on them.
- mjklin 3y agoI feel like this depends on the field. Newer / “hotter” fields (e.g. evo psych) tend to be dominated by rockstars while traditional / staid fields (e.g. linear algebra) have mostly solid and competent practitioners.
- Fordec 3y agoI haven't even heard of evo psych lol, never mind these "rockstars".