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A significant element of scientific research is being the first to find something. It's the ego thing, all the way to standing up there in fancy dress some day
by quarterwave 13y ago
A significant element of scientific research is being the first to find something. It's the ego thing, all the way to standing up there in fancy dress some day to receive one's gong. Publishing is a time stamping service for the ego trip. Why rail against it?
- chetanahuja 13y agoThat's a naive interpretation of state of things. Timestamp aspect can be simply fulfilled by putting your pdf online and let google (and wayback machine) index it. "Publishing" as understood in academia is very different. It's about publishing a paper in a "high impact" journal and has pretty much been devolved to a grade card for the working scientist.