Thanks for the link to Bottley's autobiographical sketch. It is indeed solemn, as well as highly revealing. I'm not surprised so many would-be scientists succumb to perverse incentives along the way. They need to eat and have shelter. In a political economy like that, any actual merit is easily buried or sidelined, and the mutton will de…
Thanks for the link to Bottley's autobiographical sketch. It is indeed solemn, as well as highly revealing. I'm not surprised so many would-be scientists succumb to perverse incentives along the way. They need to eat and have shelter. In a political economy like that, any actual merit is easily buried or sidelined, and the mutton will despise anyone who maintains ethical standards. It's an unpleasant reminder of the squalor they chose.
Thanks for the link to Bottley's autobiographical sketch. It is indeed solemn, as well as highly revealing. I'm not surprised so many would-be scientists succumb to perverse incentives along the way. They need to eat and have shelter. In a political economy like that, any actual merit is easily buried or sidelined, and the mutton will despise anyone who maintains ethical standards. It's an unpleasant reminder of the squalor they chose.
I almost feel pity for him after reading reading that piece.
He's a lab-tech cum salesman
Can you put more hyphens in that please?
😂
Like:
Lab-tech cum-salesman or:
Lab-tech-cum salesman?
There is a significant difference...
ong that is funny - I needed that - now hit me on the head with a bat and let me go back to sleep