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We even have a name for it - Tall Poppy Syndrome - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome I think it
by whatusername 17y ago
We even have a name for it - Tall Poppy Syndrome - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome
I think it's slowly changing (certainly I haven't heard anything negative about Elizabeth Blackburn and Barry Marshall/Robin Warren -- Nobel Prizes for Med in 2009 and 2005)
- etherael 17y agoI think the reason you haven't heard anything negative about them is because the vast majority of people here wouldn't know who they were or what they did. On the other hand, if I were to randomly pick a player in the lineup of a state or national football or cricket team, odds are the vast majority of the population here would be overjoyed with the idea of telling you how awesome they are and how much better the world is with them around. And yes, this is indeed part of the problem with this place.