1/ There is a truly magical shift in perspective that occurs when you're able to move from "oh no, this scholar stole my idea [ten years before I started grad school!" towards "oh wow, look, a fellow traveler!" Broken parts of academia inhibit this transition.
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Replying to @generativist
I always try to see it as independent confirmation of, at least, the validity of my hypothesis, if not always its soundness. It also means I’m in dialogue with others on the subject, and without that I’m not doing anything at all.
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Yes, that part is pretty great. (So is the profitable dialog between well-researched and argued thoughts that you hate or disagree with.)
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Worthy adversaries are often the best interlocutors! However, here is empirical evidence of my disciplinary opponents entering the arena:pic.twitter.com/wEfCnyyiXi
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Psych, i do “interdisciplinary” work, so I have no opponents (or peers)!
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I sing this to myself every time I do a lit review where I realise that I am the only person stupid enough to pursue the point I am making.
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