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I read too far into this before realizing it's a tangled mess of disgruntled subversion. One of your sources cites a handwavy essay by Jacob Buckman whining abo
by jart 3y ago
I read too far into this before realizing it's a tangled mess of disgruntled subversion. One of your sources cites a handwavy essay by Jacob Buckman whining about nebulous acts of academic self-promotion as he pleads with the research community to commit as much fraud as possible so computer science will lose more respect as a field, since he feels what little respect we've earned in our short history is undeserved. I feel stupider for having read it.
- godelski 3y agoBuckman is no more advocating for fraud than Swift advocated for selling Irish children to be turned into a stew. I have a modest proposal, take everything at face value because if things aren't abundantly clear and transparent then they are a toll on society. An author that requires the reader to process their words at anything but a surface level is an injustice to the illiterate and demonstrates a lack of compassion to anyone but the academic elite.