Suzana Herculano-Houzel

From one piece …and yet another Nobel Prize goes to men 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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  Women in academia should seize positions of power whenever the opportunity arises.

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  Most importantly, when an opportunity arises for us to take positions of power, we SEIZE them.

  …and yet another Nobel Prize goes to mensuzanaherculanohouzel.com

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  Academic prizes are decided by old white men nominating their old white male colleagues.

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  Ultimately, decisions are made in rooms where old white men sit around a table and exchange the names of People They Know - who are bound to be their old white male colleagues.

  …and yet another Nobel Prize goes to mensuzanaherculanohouzel.com

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  Before trying to fix a falling metric, first understand the source of the decrease.

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  I say first make sure that you understand the source of the decrease, instead of rushing to fix something that maybe didn't need fixing - while you miss out on what actually did need fixing.

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From one piece Peer review sucks, but it beats the alternative. So let's make it better 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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  Authors should treat peer review as a test run before a select, hand-picked audience.

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  Authors should think of the Peer review process as a test run with a carefully hand-picked, select public who is given the privilege of sitting there and reading the first version or watching the first screening of their work.

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  Peer review is bad, but it beats the alternative of publishing research without it.

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  Peer review sucks—but it beats the alternative of not having our research go through Peer review as part of the publishing process.

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  Catching Fire

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  I think he is pretty insistent that the major change was cooking with fire, hence the title of his book, Catching Fire.

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