Increasingly hearing about PhD students graduating with 10+ publications. Very happy for them but publication inflation is spiraling out of control. No way a 'trainee' should be publishing at this volume and speed. Recipe for disaster - we need to slow down in science!
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Also, I think many (perhaps most) PIs would prefer to train new ECRs to do better science rather than teach them to write, which the PI may have zero ability to do even they are a great writer themselves. Teaching folks to write better is fearsomely hard.
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I agree. I just, from many personal experiences, think retraining leaves pockets of old (wrong) knowledge (QRPs) intact. Its much more dangerous than bad wiring. Bad writing can be seen literally in black and white and addressed. A QPR for example can be hidden by good writing.
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To be clear, this is based on my experiences not derived from some mechanism or principle. It's likely I've met many PIs who don't know how to retrain and/or many students/trainees who know how to write very well to the point of hiding huge issues.
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I believe my experiences generalise well, but I'm obviously biased.

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Totally. I couldn't agree with you more. The obsession w good writing is part of the "flair" culture that emphasises bullshitting & story-telling over proper science. Personally I would prefer to employ a promising scientist over a promising bullshitter, but I fear that if >
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> you had asked my former self (say, 12 years ago as young PI who had not woken up to the problems in science) what I would prefer, I would have been swayed toward hiring someone who can produce, & arrogantly assumed that I could fill the science gap.
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It makes sense but it's scary! Hopefully the tide is turning!
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We also as a community need to decide what to do and say to people trained badly. It's hard to convince somebody they are essentially totally wrong and in a way have been conned.

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Agree! At least if you are not working in Literature :-)
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