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Academics is about the advancement of science. Academics is also about fighting for the esteem and attention of your peers, winning grants and awards, and gett
by theorique 14y ago
Academics is about the advancement of science.
Academics is also about fighting for the esteem and attention of your peers, winning grants and awards, and getting yourself known. If athletes are willing to risk their health for a few hundredths of a second in a race, I can imagine some academics would be willing to dope their brains for a better shot at a publication in Nature.
- bduerst 14y agoI was a little shocked with how much politics plays a role in University research departments. I mean, it's expected in any human organization, but the PIs are thinking about and acting on it constantly.
- xaa 14y agoYour guess is correct: http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080409/full/452674a.html http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080409/full/452674a.html
- theorique 14y agoHow meta. The news item about doping is in Nature.