Wait, some of you on DCUM are really smart!

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Anonymous wrote:Another Ph.d. here, former professor of writing as well as my specialty area, and book author. Also terrible at math and also very happy in the DC-area because of the level of education. In my (not extraordinarily wealthy) neighborhood most people have at least a master's level degree/JD/MD.

It's just "author", you don't need to add "book" that's tautological.

Not in my field where you can also write lots of articles.

DP. Both of those people are authors. It's uselessly precise to specify book.

DP. Writing a book is much different than writing a journal article. I’ve published many journal articles but never a book. It’s worth distinguishing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Another Ph.d. here, former professor of writing as well as my specialty area, and book author. Also terrible at math and also very happy in the DC-area because of the level of education. In my (not extraordinarily wealthy) neighborhood most people have at least a master's level degree/JD/MD.

It's just "author", you don't need to add "book" that's tautological.

Not in my field where you can also write lots of articles.

DP. Both of those people are authors. It's uselessly precise to specify book.

DP. Writing a book is much different than writing a journal article. I’ve published many journal articles but never a book. It’s worth distinguishing.

Is this braggadocio context?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lot of self-congratulatory back patting going on in this thread. Kind of sad and pathetic, but not unexpected.

The hater has entered the chat.

[Anonymous]

We are smart, beautiful, and rich. And use Oxford commas on occasion.

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Anonymous wrote:Another Ph.d. here, former professor of writing as well as my specialty area, and book author. Also terrible at math and also very happy in the DC-area because of the level of education. In my (not extraordinarily wealthy) neighborhood most people have at least a master's level degree/JD/MD.

It's just "author", you don't need to add "book" that's tautological.

Not in my field where you can also write lots of articles.

DP. Both of those people are authors. It's uselessly precise to specify book.

DP. Writing a book is much different than writing a journal article. I’ve published many journal articles but never a book. It’s worth distinguishing.

This is grammatically incorrect. Did you have any education beyond a Kentucky ES?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Another Ph.d. here, former professor of writing as well as my specialty area, and book author. Also terrible at math and also very happy in the DC-area because of the level of education. In my (not extraordinarily wealthy) neighborhood most people have at least a master's level degree/JD/MD.

It's just "author", you don't need to add "book" that's tautological.

Not in my field where you can also write lots of articles.

The writers of articles are either journalists, or researchers. They are not authors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's a few different ways of measuring "smart". I do find it kind of predictable that a line of DCUMers trots out, listing their PhD and other accolades, as if that is the most important signifier of "smart". It isn't.

If you were really that smart you'd not have fallen for OP's BS post.

Ah and then the nasty Nelly with the associate’s degree and inferiority complex shows up with a retort about as sophisticated as the previously mentioned “you idiot.” Perfectly on cue.

You're the only poster using the terms "you idiot".

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Anonymous wrote:Another Ph.d. here, former professor of writing as well as my specialty area, and book author. Also terrible at math and also very happy in the DC-area because of the level of education. In my (not extraordinarily wealthy) neighborhood most people have at least a master's level degree/JD/MD.

It's just "author", you don't need to add "book" that's tautological.

Not in my field where you can also write lots of articles.

The writers of articles are either journalists, or researchers. They are not authors.

I have been a co-author on several journal articles. I was also a researcher. Of couse, researchers who don't publish don't remain researchers for very long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are smart, beautiful, and rich. And use Oxford commas on occasion.

Most posters are hand-to-mouth.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lot of self-congratulatory back patting going on in this thread. Kind of sad and pathetic, but not unexpected.

The hater has entered the chat.

Or perhaps started it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Another Ph.d. here, former professor of writing as well as my specialty area, and book author. Also terrible at math and also very happy in the DC-area because of the level of education. In my (not extraordinarily wealthy) neighborhood most people have at least a master's level degree/JD/MD.

It's just "author", you don't need to add "book" that's tautological.

Not in my field where you can also write lots of articles.

The writers of articles are either journalists, or researchers. They are not authors.

I have been a co-author on several journal articles. I was also a researcher. Of couse, researchers who don't publish don't remain researchers for very long.

Congratulations Jan.

You are correct. It's not really a big deal. Journals will publish almost anything.

I've just had my 7th book published. It doesn't make me smarter than anyone else here at all.

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I was infertile and benefitted from the super smart ladies in the trying to conceive forum. I would say the usefulness, intelligence etc depends on the forum.

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Anonymous wrote:Another Ph.d. here, former professor of writing as well as my specialty area, and book author. Also terrible at math and also very happy in the DC-area because of the level of education. In my (not extraordinarily wealthy) neighborhood most people have at least a master's level degree/JD/MD.

It's just "author", you don't need to add "book" that's tautological.

Not in my field where you can also write lots of articles.

The writers of articles are either journalists, or researchers. They are not authors.

They are literally called “lead authors” and “co-authors.” You are being unnecessarily pedantic.

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Anonymous wrote:Another Ph.d. here, former professor of writing as well as my specialty area, and book author. Also terrible at math and also very happy in the DC-area because of the level of education. In my (not extraordinarily wealthy) neighborhood most people have at least a master's level degree/JD/MD.

It's just "author", you don't need to add "book" that's tautological.

Not in my field where you can also write lots of articles.

DP. Both of those people are authors. It's uselessly precise to specify book.

DP. Writing a book is much different than writing a journal article. I’ve published many journal articles but never a book. It’s worth distinguishing.

+1
Written chapters of textbooks and science articles. Never written a book. So technically a published author, but book is different.

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Anonymous wrote:That’s why DCUM is a much better place than Reddit.

+1. Although the quality of responses has declined considerably in the last several years. I miss the days when DCUM was mostly full of highly educated DC-area posters.

When I first found DCUM I was delighted with the content and the intelligence behind postings. It's gone downhill.

I'd have to agree with this. People could be snarky but in a funny and clever way. Now a lot of posters are just downright stupid. I found DCUM in 2007.