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lifebeyondfife on Dec 5, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Are You Doing Research?

Based on the conditions listed at the end of the article, I think a lot of people in academia aren't doing research/science. --former scientist.

xaa on Dec 5, 2012 [–]

Truth. Real scientists spend most of their time writing grants.

lifebeyondfife on Dec 5, 2012 | [–]

One of the reasons I left immediately after finishing my PhD. If I wanted to jump endlessly from platform to platform, I had Sonic the Hedgehog for that.

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