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The Crypto Academia Hustle

13 Jun 2021 2 minute read 1 comment MisterToad

Want to know how much I get paid every time someone cites an academic article I wrote? Here's a hint.  It rhymes with nero.  See, in academia, authors have to cite a lot of other researchers' work in order to present their own research.  This is not...

What's in a career?

21 Feb 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Mumriken

When I was five I told everyone that I wanted to become a Professor when I grew up... high ambitions? Well, yes and no... In my little world a professor was someone who could read books all day and keep learning. Later, I even found out that you got...

The Mystery of Stonehenge

10 Feb 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Coastline17

The Mystery of Stonehenge             The 1965 documentary The Mystery of Stonehenge based on the book Stonehenge Decoded by Dr. Gerald Hawkins is an exploratory film on the megalithic structure from the reasons why it was built to the people that bu...

Teaching 'Universities' How to Assess Research

9 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AbambresM

Bye Bye Peer-Reviewed Publishing

9 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AbambresM

Fuck Peer Review

9 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AbambresM

Fuck Impact Factor

8 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AbambresM

How Impact Factor is Bad for Science

8 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AbambresM