[GOAL] Re: Hitler, Mother Teresa, and Coke

[Leslie Carr]

There is another narrative that I hear a lot - researchers are feckless, irresponsible prima donnas whose only responsibility is to their research


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On 6 Nov 2012, at 04:32, "Eric F. Van de Velde" <eric.f.vandevelde at gmail.com<mailto:eric.f.vandevelde at gmail.com>> wrote:

Publishers are manipulative capitalists who extort academia by holding hostage the research papers they stole from helpless scholars on a mission to save the world. This Hitler vs. Mother Teresa narrative is widespread in academic circles. Some versions are nearly as shrill as this one. Others are toned-down and carry scholarly authority. All versions are just plain wrong.

To see how this ends, go to
http://scitechsociety.blogspot.com/2012/11/hitler-mother-teresa-and-coke.html

Comments welcome.
--Eric.

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