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blog:the_problems_with_academia [2019/11/16 11:47] – [The problems with Academia] adolfontblog:the_problems_with_academia [2020/11/19 11:42] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 **The deprostitutionalization of research will eventually be done as follows. Force people who want to do “research” to do it on their own time, that is, to derive their income from other sources. Sacrifice is necessary.** **The deprostitutionalization of research will eventually be done as follows. Force people who want to do “research” to do it on their own time, that is, to derive their income from other sources. Sacrifice is necessary.**
  
-For their research to be genuine, **they should first have a real-world day job,** or at least spend ten years as: lens maker, patent clerk, Mafia operator, professional gambler, postman, prison guard, medical doctor, limo driver, militia member, social security agent, trial lawyer, farmer, restaurant chef, high-volume waiter, firefighter (my favorite), lighthouse keeper, etc., while they are building their original ideas.**+For their research to be genuine, **they should first have a real-world day job, or at least spend ten years as: lens maker, patent clerk, Mafia operator, professional gambler, postman, prison guard, medical doctor, limo driver, militia member, social security agent, trial lawyer, farmer, restaurant chef, high-volume waiter, firefighter (my favorite), lighthouse keeper, etc., while they are building their original ideas.**
  
 I have no sympathy for moaning professional researchers. I have no sympathy for moaning professional researchers.
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