I realize this is an old post and that new comments on old posts get ignored, but this reminds me of a great comment I read on Slashdot a while ago.
There was some story or another about a scientist faking data for a study. The usual Slashdot comment crowd was up in arms, and somebody said something about how this person obviously did this because of all the money they were making as a scientist. The great comment was the response from a scientist, who said something like, "Going into science for the money is like having sex for the exercise".
I'm recently tenured associate professor at a state university (a university formerly referred to as R1, before that designation offically disappeared); I have a teaching & research appointment in a technical discipline. I'm married to a super guy who uprooted himself to move with me for this job, for which I am very lucky and grateful. We have a cute little toddler, for whom I am also very grateful.
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I realize this is an old post and that new comments on old posts get ignored, but this reminds me of a great comment I read on Slashdot a while ago.
There was some story or another about a scientist faking data for a study. The usual Slashdot comment crowd was up in arms, and somebody said something about how this person obviously did this because of all the money they were making as a scientist. The great comment was the response from a scientist, who said something like, "Going into science for the money is like having sex for the exercise".
How true.
Ha. Right on.
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