Eh. I’ve rubbed elbows with maybe 20 Nobel laureates. Meaning, I’ve spent a good amount of time in the system, at the elite end. Being a prof at Very Prestigious University is not in any way a guarantee of raw intelligence.
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magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 11 months agoThey are great at gaming that system and that system gives them the impression they are the most brilliant people to ever grace the earth. Don’t get me wrong, many are indeed brilliant, but the degree of self proving masochism that is academia would turn anyone into a raging narcissist.
eran_morad@lemmy.world 11 months ago
magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 11 months ago
I’ve known tenured researchers that believed HIV did not exist so yeah, agreed.
Zeth0s@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I used to work in academia in a field where salaries in financial and tech industries are pretty good. The best people left. Most who stayed were average at best with great egos. Only 1 person deserved to stay and he is now living in a shithole city, with a salary that is 1/3rd of mine as lecturer.
It is a broken system
magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 11 months ago
Same story here. This is sad as all hell.
eran_morad@lemmy.world 11 months ago
A common tale since the advent of biotech and quant finance. This is more or less my story, as well.