" empirical social scientists with lots of pubs in prestigious journals are either very lucky, or they are p-hacking.” https://grasshoppermouse.github.io/2017/12/05/academic-success-is-either-a-crapshoot-or-a-scam/ …
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They are lucky in that a specifically designed system which favors them for no reason specifically except that they were in the right lab with the right supervisor. The meritocracy in science is a lie and those who are "in" are in and those who are not are not.
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Excellent work is done by both those who are lucky (in the way I described) and those who are not. But the work of the lucky ones gets into Nature/Science etc., while the equivalently good work of the unlucky ones doesn't.
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To say it is "lucky" without qualifying it in the way I have, is misleading as any coin can come up heads... but once you missed the chance to get into the right circles and be "in" you have no chance of getting into a high prestige journal.
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Not always
@o_guest but I do agree with your analysis of what luck means and otherwise. If you are one of the 'guys' (on purpose) in the right circles your chances are much higher.
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