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This is one of the worst articles I've ever seen posted at HN. All seven of the writer's (extremely paranoid and passive aggressive) tips could be obsoleted by

by xamuel 14y ago

This is one of the worst articles I've ever seen posted at HN. All seven of the writer's (extremely paranoid and passive aggressive) tips could be obsoleted by one single alternative: post your paper on the arXiv. The author seems to have a tinfoil-hat-tier view of science, and has absolutely no business selling a book to grad students. The seventh tip in the article ("be male") makes me wonder whether this writer has any experience at all doing science in the past twenty years (he mentions Rosalind Franklin, 1920-1958, way to be contemporary!)

T-A 14y ago
1) How do you know the subject matter is one of those covered by the arXiv? 2) How do you know the student has posting rights? Those require endorsement by an authorized poster, which would be most likely to contact the PI if asked. 3) Even if posted to the arXiv, a paper can be removed by the moderators. 4) What do you think would happen to the student if he posted the paper to the arXiv without the PI's consent? Conclusion: yours is one of the worst comments I've ever seen posted at HN.
streptomycin 14y ago
> All seven of the writer's (extremely paranoid and passive aggressive) tips could be obsoleted by one single alternative: post your paper on the arXiv. That's incredibly naive. If you make a breakthrough discovery in biology and you unilaterally post it on arXiv (or wherever) before submitting it to a journal, your advisor will probably strangle you, at best.
- regehr 14y ago
  I'm a professor. If my student unilaterally posted something on arXiv, I would strangle him/her, at best.
  - iamumassthrower 14y ago
    ... and what's your opinion of this story professor jack ripper?
bugsbunnyak 14y ago
That might have been intended as irony. On the other hand: this is probably the first time the "word" 'beeyotch' has appeared in any forum associated with Science magazine.
regehr 14y ago
Read the steps again. They are pure sarcasm.
gammarator 14y ago
This is a humor column.

by xamuel 14y ago

T-A 14y ago

1) How do you know the subject matter is one of those covered by the arXiv? 2) How do you know the student has posting rights? Those require endorsement by an authorized poster, which would be most likely to contact the PI if asked. 3) Even if posted to the arXiv, a paper can be removed by the moderators. 4) What do you think would happen to the student if he posted the paper to the arXiv without the PI's consent? Conclusion: yours is one of the worst comments I've ever seen posted at HN.

streptomycin 14y ago

> All seven of the writer's (extremely paranoid and passive aggressive) tips could be obsoleted by one single alternative: post your paper on the arXiv. That's incredibly naive. If you make a breakthrough discovery in biology and you unilaterally post it on arXiv (or wherever) before submitting it to a journal, your advisor will probably strangle you, at best.

regehr 14y ago
I'm a professor. If my student unilaterally posted something on arXiv, I would strangle him/her, at best.
- iamumassthrower 14y ago
  ... and what's your opinion of this story professor jack ripper?

bugsbunnyak 14y ago

That might have been intended as irony. On the other hand: this is probably the first time the "word" 'beeyotch' has appeared in any forum associated with Science magazine.

regehr 14y ago

Read the steps again. They are pure sarcasm.

gammarator 14y ago

This is a humor column.