• Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 days ago

    I think the problem here is that being a scientist means you are, by definition, “smart”. Which can make it hard to accept when you are being an idiot. And what do people do when they can’t accept a truth about themselves?

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      8 days ago

      Being a scientist today means you are “smart” in a very narrow and limited area of expertise. Outside of that area, shit goes downhill fast.

      I can’t find the link but scientists and academics are thought to be heavily targeted with affinity fraud schemes because they rarely report when they are duped.