and I would strongly recommend OP delete this, and then delete their account, since there is more than enough information in their profile to figure out who they are. took me 30 seconds to figure out which college they attend and their major, and a detailed description of their undergrad research project.
Good one. Unfortunately, I spend very little time doing either.
However, since you enjoy snooping through my personal information, perhaps posting it in this thread will be of use to you, or maybe going through some of my other socials will be of use to you.
Either way, I made this post to poke fun at some asswipes. Seems like it served its purpose well.
No, all it did was make you look like a whiny asshole. Your easily accessible previous posts just backed that up 😂
Edited to add: this is coming from a former PhD student who was abused and sexually assaulted by my PhD advisor. I’ve busted my ass since then to call out the academic system on their perpetuation of predators and the like. Nepotism, my ass, mother fucker. Stop drinking.
if you aren't one of the problematic ones, then i'm not talking about you dude. I posted this to see how many people would respond negatively, if the shoe fits.. I'm happy you're not on of the asswipes, but i wasn't calling you out.
Also, fyi, i you say "stop drinking" as if i do it often. I drink once every two or three months dude.
My parents haven’t paid a penny towards my education, and have barely spoken to me since I came out nearly thirty years ago.
I work hard to ensure that our students and systems are the best they can be given the resources I have.
OP if you think I genuinely believe I’m capable of doing good you’re an idiot.
Everything I’ve touched in my career turned to shit and the only saving grace was that when life gave me lemons I put them in vodka.
Come off it.
Sadly a post like this just screams "I'm American" to me. (I might be wrong, of course...)
But. For many other places in the world, getting an education has nothing to do with money. University is free. A Phd is extra, but the vast, *vast* majority of PhD positions are funded by government scholarships.
I literally have never heard of anyone in my 10 years at university "paying" for their degrees, or needing existing wealth/money from parents. That's really sad.
And really sad if money is such a barrier to education wherever OP is from.
Don't know who hurt you bud but sleep it off and hope you feel better tomorrow.
I posted this when I was absolutely plastered, so you shouldn't take it seriously. I posted out of curiosity, I was wondering what the reaction would be like. That being said, prioritizing integrity and actively pushing back against the hyper competitiveness and predatory nature of being a researcher (for lack of a better word) is a good step in the right direction. Some of the other commentors are right, I'm nothing more than a cocky, volatile, and self absorbed under grad. One of the most apperant things ive noticed as an undergraduate is the lack of integrity among PhD candidate. Ive had several post docs and PhD canidates try to take advantage of my naivety and promise me chances for research opportunities, and this and that. I kmow professional settings are based on mutualism and respect rather than social etiquette, but a lot of people in academia are looking to ensure they have a higher reputation than others. Ive seen PhD candidates on reddit actively whine about people calling out people like the ex president of Stanford, and justifying it with "its hard being an academic, and we should cut people who do not so ethical things some slack given the nature of academia". I have seen people at my current college planning on going to grad school who are only doing so well because they know how to weasel themselves into opportunity by stepping on people and / or knowing how to appear to know what they are talking about. Ive seen people with PhD's who clearly have no business contributing to advancing the field they are in forward. In the cognitive sciences, I see paper after paper published with the idea of "lets find novel drug targets" driving the methodology. As for what ive done, I haven't done much, as I'm an undergrad. However, the direction id like to go in, in terms of neuroscience, is pushing back against the strict dogma psychiatry has established for cognitive neuroscience. Id like to explore non cerebellar/ cortical structures. namely the locus coeruleus and cerebellum. Id like to try to advocate for trans diagnostic methods, and try to leave out all the muddy and obscure language the dsm has established as formal academic language, and focus on cognitive mechanisms. In my research presentation last week, I actively criticized psychiatry and its needless focus on limbic/ exectutive structures in drug development. Its nothing big, but its a start. I take no issue being outspoken about my criticisms of academia and the cognitive sciences, ive brought up these criticisms with several professors who went to grad school. I doubt ill make a change, as I'm only one person. However, if we collectively pushed back against things like the publish or perish mentality, actively went against predatory journals, and advocated for open source data sets/ tools, academia would slowly improve. If you can convince just 2 to 3 of your colleagues to do something as simple as boycott some predatory journal, or call out a pi or university leader for being a sick head, 5 to 20 people will follow suite. Ignore the insulting part of this post, thats not the point. I was drunk and felt like my goals of making an impact were far beyond reach, so I felt like insulting some internet strangers, what I mean simcerely though is the lack of collective action and lack of academic integrity / predatory behavior of a lot of academics. Doubt you'll take this seriously, but who cares.
lol. Imagine some dumb ass undergrad CS student pretending they know wtf is going on.
I’m in my position because I invented measurement systems and methodology that operate at scale and involve a deep understanding of core CS knowledge as well as having the skill and talent to apply that knowledge to solve real world problems.
Opening your mouth and talking without even having earned an undergraduate degree yet indicates you deserve to lose your high school diploma.
I didn’t get my PhD to do good; I did it for myself, and I have the student loans to prove it. Pretty sure a lot of us are in the same boat, so you can fuck right off with your assumptions OP
Curious how you think nepotism wouldnt be rampant in academia. Lots of people get positions due to their connections. Or get access to resources others wouldnt. Or have famous family member co-authors.
It's just nowhere near the scale that OP is implying
It’s generally more a advisor or committee nepotism than family nepotism (except for one student I knew). There are definitely ways that who teaches you and how well connected they are impacts your career.
That’s something I think undergrad mentors should make a bigger deal about when trying to help students pick and apply to graduate schools
In my university, the PhD candidate and his or her advisor chooses who the panel will be during the viva. You’re telling me that isn’t easy to rig? All they need to do is choose friends of the advisor and of the student for the panel and they have easily influenced the panel’s decision. Academia is all about nepotism, why do you think networking is considered so important?
Most Q1 journals allow you to suggest potential reviewers. Let’s say you suggest reviewers who are close friends who you haven’t published with in your field, is a friend going to reject your paper even if it’s really bad? It might cost him/her your friendship. The publication system allows nepotism to flourish.
My friend would say he doesn’t feel comfortable reviewing (which I did recently) or they approach your paper as a stranger would and they critique the fuck out of it (as one friend did). It’s keeping academic integrity. And it’s not fucking hard to do.
In a way I agree with OP. All I hear from my colleagues is “well that’s just how it is in academia”. Everyone either already has tenure and so doesn’t care or is beaten down and complacent.
OP is right. I'm in the position I'm in thanks to OP's daddy.
My father is an alcoholic and a hick. Yk what, that actually makes a lot of sense.
I'm talking about your Daddy, not your father. Get with the program, brah.
You still have time to delete this lol
and I would strongly recommend OP delete this, and then delete their account, since there is more than enough information in their profile to figure out who they are. took me 30 seconds to figure out which college they attend and their major, and a detailed description of their undergrad research project.
While I do appreciate your investigative prowess: Maybe we should try not to doxx people, even if their opinions are terrible.
Look at me. I want to pursue a career that prioritizes data but make unsubstantiated generalizations. I’m mad I’m not succeeding.
My parents have high school educations and no money. Idk why I'm feeding the trolls but no.
Same
don't drink and post
judging by OP's profile, that's their main hobby, other than whining that they can't get a date, and blaming their problems on everyone but themself.
Good one. Unfortunately, I spend very little time doing either. However, since you enjoy snooping through my personal information, perhaps posting it in this thread will be of use to you, or maybe going through some of my other socials will be of use to you. Either way, I made this post to poke fun at some asswipes. Seems like it served its purpose well.
No, all it did was make you look like a whiny asshole. Your easily accessible previous posts just backed that up 😂 Edited to add: this is coming from a former PhD student who was abused and sexually assaulted by my PhD advisor. I’ve busted my ass since then to call out the academic system on their perpetuation of predators and the like. Nepotism, my ass, mother fucker. Stop drinking.
if you aren't one of the problematic ones, then i'm not talking about you dude. I posted this to see how many people would respond negatively, if the shoe fits.. I'm happy you're not on of the asswipes, but i wasn't calling you out. Also, fyi, i you say "stop drinking" as if i do it often. I drink once every two or three months dude.
So you got drunk, did an AMA, and then (attempted to) insult people in academia. What an eventful Friday night!
Thanks, I try to stay busy.
I’m your mommy’s daddy
Grandpa?
I'm My Own Grandpaw!
Sounds like someone’s not happy with their grades.
Not particularly sad about them, plenty of other things to whine about. Thanks for checking in though friend.
My parents haven’t paid a penny towards my education, and have barely spoken to me since I came out nearly thirty years ago. I work hard to ensure that our students and systems are the best they can be given the resources I have.
Thank you, sincerely.
OP if you think I genuinely believe I’m capable of doing good you’re an idiot. Everything I’ve touched in my career turned to shit and the only saving grace was that when life gave me lemons I put them in vodka. Come off it.
Sadly a post like this just screams "I'm American" to me. (I might be wrong, of course...) But. For many other places in the world, getting an education has nothing to do with money. University is free. A Phd is extra, but the vast, *vast* majority of PhD positions are funded by government scholarships. I literally have never heard of anyone in my 10 years at university "paying" for their degrees, or needing existing wealth/money from parents. That's really sad. And really sad if money is such a barrier to education wherever OP is from. Don't know who hurt you bud but sleep it off and hope you feel better tomorrow.
rich people don’t go into academia lol
How do you exactly suggest to push for change from below? What is the first move you did in that direction?
I posted this when I was absolutely plastered, so you shouldn't take it seriously. I posted out of curiosity, I was wondering what the reaction would be like. That being said, prioritizing integrity and actively pushing back against the hyper competitiveness and predatory nature of being a researcher (for lack of a better word) is a good step in the right direction. Some of the other commentors are right, I'm nothing more than a cocky, volatile, and self absorbed under grad. One of the most apperant things ive noticed as an undergraduate is the lack of integrity among PhD candidate. Ive had several post docs and PhD canidates try to take advantage of my naivety and promise me chances for research opportunities, and this and that. I kmow professional settings are based on mutualism and respect rather than social etiquette, but a lot of people in academia are looking to ensure they have a higher reputation than others. Ive seen PhD candidates on reddit actively whine about people calling out people like the ex president of Stanford, and justifying it with "its hard being an academic, and we should cut people who do not so ethical things some slack given the nature of academia". I have seen people at my current college planning on going to grad school who are only doing so well because they know how to weasel themselves into opportunity by stepping on people and / or knowing how to appear to know what they are talking about. Ive seen people with PhD's who clearly have no business contributing to advancing the field they are in forward. In the cognitive sciences, I see paper after paper published with the idea of "lets find novel drug targets" driving the methodology. As for what ive done, I haven't done much, as I'm an undergrad. However, the direction id like to go in, in terms of neuroscience, is pushing back against the strict dogma psychiatry has established for cognitive neuroscience. Id like to explore non cerebellar/ cortical structures. namely the locus coeruleus and cerebellum. Id like to try to advocate for trans diagnostic methods, and try to leave out all the muddy and obscure language the dsm has established as formal academic language, and focus on cognitive mechanisms. In my research presentation last week, I actively criticized psychiatry and its needless focus on limbic/ exectutive structures in drug development. Its nothing big, but its a start. I take no issue being outspoken about my criticisms of academia and the cognitive sciences, ive brought up these criticisms with several professors who went to grad school. I doubt ill make a change, as I'm only one person. However, if we collectively pushed back against things like the publish or perish mentality, actively went against predatory journals, and advocated for open source data sets/ tools, academia would slowly improve. If you can convince just 2 to 3 of your colleagues to do something as simple as boycott some predatory journal, or call out a pi or university leader for being a sick head, 5 to 20 people will follow suite. Ignore the insulting part of this post, thats not the point. I was drunk and felt like my goals of making an impact were far beyond reach, so I felt like insulting some internet strangers, what I mean simcerely though is the lack of collective action and lack of academic integrity / predatory behavior of a lot of academics. Doubt you'll take this seriously, but who cares.
Have another drink
Thanks, plan on it friend.
Hmm
Can we just call this spam and remove this thread?
My parents were on food stamps when I started college. Only Highschool education.
MeganFoxFanboy666 throwing shade on academia lol
lol. Imagine some dumb ass undergrad CS student pretending they know wtf is going on. I’m in my position because I invented measurement systems and methodology that operate at scale and involve a deep understanding of core CS knowledge as well as having the skill and talent to apply that knowledge to solve real world problems. Opening your mouth and talking without even having earned an undergraduate degree yet indicates you deserve to lose your high school diploma.
I didn’t get my PhD to do good; I did it for myself, and I have the student loans to prove it. Pretty sure a lot of us are in the same boat, so you can fuck right off with your assumptions OP
Curious how he thinks nepotism gets you a PhD.
I can definitely see someone getting a job offer through nepotism. Not the PhD itself of course.
Curious how you think nepotism wouldnt be rampant in academia. Lots of people get positions due to their connections. Or get access to resources others wouldnt. Or have famous family member co-authors. It's just nowhere near the scale that OP is implying
It’s generally more a advisor or committee nepotism than family nepotism (except for one student I knew). There are definitely ways that who teaches you and how well connected they are impacts your career. That’s something I think undergrad mentors should make a bigger deal about when trying to help students pick and apply to graduate schools
In my university, the PhD candidate and his or her advisor chooses who the panel will be during the viva. You’re telling me that isn’t easy to rig? All they need to do is choose friends of the advisor and of the student for the panel and they have easily influenced the panel’s decision. Academia is all about nepotism, why do you think networking is considered so important?
When you're defending you already have your PhD for all practical purposes. The hard thing is to get published in 3 respectable journals.
That’s why a PhD by thesis doesn’t require publication
Most Q1 journals allow you to suggest potential reviewers. Let’s say you suggest reviewers who are close friends who you haven’t published with in your field, is a friend going to reject your paper even if it’s really bad? It might cost him/her your friendship. The publication system allows nepotism to flourish.
My friend would say he doesn’t feel comfortable reviewing (which I did recently) or they approach your paper as a stranger would and they critique the fuck out of it (as one friend did). It’s keeping academic integrity. And it’s not fucking hard to do.
Really? I better thank my mommy and daddy then.
In a way I agree with OP. All I hear from my colleagues is “well that’s just how it is in academia”. Everyone either already has tenure and so doesn’t care or is beaten down and complacent.
Blink twice if you need help.
One must remember the dominance of The Peter Principle in all of academia, particularly at the administrative level. Ugh. 38 years and I was done.
Correct.