That’s much different, IMHO, from working on something for a while, deciding its uninteresting, and moving on.
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This is why I do very little when I am asked to model something for people now, because I know I will be middle author even if I do a tonne of modelling.
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The only way as a modeller I can be first author is if I don't allow any data-collectors to be involved.

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So just being 100% a data parasite and/or collecting the data myself.
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Which is sad because this means less collaboration in the "pure" sense.
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At the end of the day none of this would matter, except of course as a modeller if you always are middle author you can't get a job as easily since they need first author pubs to hire you... So yeah, it's very unfair.
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Yes, I know, and I certainly agree with you on this point. Discrediting modellers (and theory) mainly arises from ignorance about what modelling implies, plus classical empiricist immodesty, IMO.
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