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It's the same everywhere not just science. The fake-it-till-you-make-it type-A charismatic bullshitters rise up the ranks in all organizations.
by downWidOutaFite 3y ago
It's the same everywhere not just science. The fake-it-till-you-make-it type-A charismatic bullshitters rise up the ranks in all organizations.
- akhayam 3y agoI feel this trend taking root in academia is still a new-ish thing. The boundaries of academia and research, especially for computer science, really started blending 15-20 years ago as Big Tech took over Oil for the best paying job / grant. The decay has been super fast though. Maybe some academics will find the courage to do a longitudinal study of this decay. Now that'll be an interesting paper to read.
- bugglebeetle 3y agoIt’s most certainly not a new trend, but is perhaps a quintessentially American disease. But one need only look at the so-called “luminaries” in many fields during the mid-20th century to see that this is not in anyway a novel phenomenon. Once you get slightly afield from the hard sciences, it’s charlatans all the way down, especially in fields like psychology and economics.