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scott_s on March 12, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Doubts about Johns Hopkins research have gone unan...

Academics don't have a culture of ripping into each others' work

From my experience reviewing papers, being privy to program committee discussions, listening to my colleagues talk, and attending conferences, I have to disagree.

tlarkworthy on March 13, 2013 [–]

indeed, and the biologists are some of the harshest.

scott_s on March 13, 2013 | [–]

I think everyone thinks of their own field as the harshest.

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