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- From: JRBANGA@poppy.ucdavis.edu (JULIO RODRIGUEZ BANGA)
- Newsgroups: sci.research
- Subject: Was Fabrikant a big pain?
- Message-ID: <16391@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 17:28:12 GMT
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- srt@duke.cs.duke.edu (Stephen R. Tate) writes:
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- >This comment represents an attitude that really gets to me. I have
- >known people who believe that as long as a scientist puts out good
- >research, then nothing else matters. Go back and read the messages
- >written by Fabrikant --- the man was abusive, arrogant, and more
- >than a little unstable. Would *YOU* want to work with someone like
- >that on a daily basis? I wouldn't! As far as I'm concerned, if someone
- >is as big a pain as Fabrikant seems to have been, it doesn't matter
- >one whit how good their research was. The scientific community can
- >certainly wait for another person to come along that knows how to
- >deal with human beings.
-
- Well, after reading the postings of Fabrikant, I don't see an abusive and
- arrogant scientist. A bit unstable, perhaps, but how would *YOU* feel if your
- bosses are treating you like he was treated? Desperate. What kind of
- information do you have to say he was a big pain? Why not saying that of
- his bosses?
-
- >As far as what the department "owed" Fabrikant, I don't believe ANY
- >university is obligated to give tenure to such an abusive person.
-
- I don't think any University should give tenure to parasites either.
- And many universities are full of parasites of the kind described by
- Fabrikant.
- Abusive? Any evidence?
-
- Julio.
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