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People who turn curiosity into footnotes, then argue about the footnotes for decades.
means Scholars and researchers working in universities who teach, study, and publish within a particular field of knowledge.
from Traces back to 'Akademeia,' the olive grove outside ancient Athens where Plato taught — named for the legendary hero Akademos. The grove's name became the word for the school itself, then for formal learning in general. So every modern academic conference, however dull the carpet, is technically meeting in a ghost orchard.
- peer review
- strangers anonymously decide if you are wrong
- job market
- ten years of training for one job opening
- citations
- the only currency that cannot buy coffee
- tenure
- job security earned by surviving everyone's criticism