Is this really news?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Spiffor

At least in my field of Academia, peer review is most often a joke. The "peers" are often acquaintances or friends of each other, and they often have written collective works. They don't tend to take shots at each other, and they're mostly interested in the productions of their clique (which is normal, considering that their clique is the group that specializes on the topic they're specialized the most)

Sounds like they need to have some boot applied to the ass then. I can guarantee you that peer review is not a joke in my field. The really respected journals (Physical Review, J App Phys, Astrophysical Journal etc) are very difficult to get published in, and the quality of the papers contained within them is very very high.

[Ned]

Originally posted by Dissident


professors are very well paid. If these liberals were truelly compassionate, they would be teachers.

You have got to compare, though, what they could make if they went into business.

[KrazyHorse]

People who go into business in my field are generally the ones who couldn't get a faculty appointment.

[Ned]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
They're handicapped by their morals.

Obviously correct. If one does not believe in making a profit, they should not be in the private sector.

[KrazyHorse]

If I can get a faculty appointment I will never even consider going into business, no matter what I was offered...

[KrazyHorse]

Actually, they're handicapped by the fact that business is boring.

[Ned]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Actually, they're handicapped by the fact that business is boring.

So much for ethics, then.

But, I would hardly agree. Business can be a lot of fun. PhD's in business primarily invent new things that really help people. This is more than fun, it is life affirming.

[KrazyHorse]

No, they become cogs in a machine, doing work that would force a real researcher to gouge his eyes out due to the tedium.

[KrazyHorse]

People who want to work on interesting problems stay in academia...

[dannubis]

dunno

after ten years in academia, i am glad i am finally able to 'stretch my legs' a bit

[KrazyHorse]

what field are you in?

[Drake Tungsten]

I can't believe you just wasted a CBeast to ask that boring question...

[KrazyHorse]

I can't believe you aren't busy ****ing Asian *****es

[KrazyHorse]

Nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah
Hey hey hey
Goodbye

[Drake Tungsten]

I can't believe you aren't busy ****ing Asian *****es

It's not my fault. My Asian ***** is still in the Phillippines...