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How is this legal?
by mgaunard 3y ago
How is this legal?
- csomar 3y agoSo we should make it illegal to work now?
- mgaunard 3y agoWell it's unlikely he's as productive as he was in his prime.
- saulpw 3y agoYeah, so? It's a lot more productive than a low-effort comment on HN.
- DocSavage 3y agoHe's a professor at Caltech and did Nobel laureate-level work. He might be less productive than his prime and still be competitive with other professors, particularly since he brings deep understanding of the history of approaches in his field.
- melling 3y agoHe’s likely more productive than most of us.
- abdullahkhalids 3y agoThere is an 80-year old astrophysicist at the local government research observatory here. The government doesn't pay him anymore, but he has his own grants. He is almost certainly the most productive person at the facility, running circles around people half his age. And he does everything. Is a leader, guide and mentor for all the young scientists. He does serious intellectual work. Sometimes spends all day out in the sun, improving/fixing/maintaining telescopes. They held a conference in his honor last month. The lesson is not to judge people's productivity using just their age as the gauge.
- adharmad 3y agoIndeed. Hans Bethe did serious and solid scientific work way into his 90s.
- Frummy 3y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSt1m4NFUl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSt1m4NFUl8
- toast0 3y agoWhy would it be illegal? It clearly is something he wants to do, and something his employer wants him to do. In the US, various forms of age discrimination against people over 40 have become illegal over the years, including mandatory retirement. So the law is moving the other way.
- mgaunard 3y agoHe's taking up a tenure spot that's not going to someone younger. Normally he should lose it and become professor emeritus instead.