That's case by case — criticism is vital but can also be used as a weapon to undermine and demean.
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For example, I have seen famous professor make a person cry at a conf by using their prestige and calling them names during poster session.
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They basically created a group of people around the poster while X and X's postdoc shouted her down until she broke down.
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It was very obviously a specific tactic they have used before (I have witnessed it).
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The point is that they might have been right and it might have been bad work — genuinely don't remember.
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But nonetheless it doesn't warrant this level of shouting and calling them "sweetie" repeatedly when it's famous X VS McNobody PhD student.
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It anything this kind of "criticism" (read bullying) will prob have the opposite effect: PhD student will want to leave science not improve.
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However, I have also seen exactly the same dynamic: Diff famous X VS diff McNobody and they got shouted down and it went 100% differently.
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I would argue this scenario went different because: a) no patronising "sweetie" etc; b) audience was professional/neutral and c) was 1 VS 1.
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So yes, famous Xs can shout down and argue down McNobody PhD students but there's a way. Just like with everything social: there are ways.
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Both my specific examples were senior man/men VS junior woman.
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