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.

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.

No, just accurate.

[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.

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

No, just accurate.

Nope, just wrong.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scisignal.ads7662

You'll notice how the writers of this article are labelled "authors".

Qianqian Hu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0310-0296, Lily L. Remsing Rix https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3669-3411, Bina Desai https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-7583, Daria Miroshnychenko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6425-5000, Xueli Li https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3569-5899, Eric A. Welsh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9302-3855, Bin Fang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-1318, Gabriela M. Wright https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3524-6831, Neelkamal Chaudhary, [...] , and Uwe Rix https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8242-2770+5 authors Authors Info & Affiliations

[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.

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

No, just accurate.

Nope, just wrong.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scisignal.ads7662

You'll notice how the writers of this article are labelled "authors".

Qianqian Hu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0310-0296, Lily L. Remsing Rix https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3669-3411, Bina Desai https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-7583, Daria Miroshnychenko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6425-5000, Xueli Li https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3569-5899, Eric A. Welsh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9302-3855, Bin Fang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-1318, Gabriela M. Wright https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3524-6831, Neelkamal Chaudhary, [...] , and Uwe Rix https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8242-2770+5 authors Authors Info & Affiliations

I am not clicking on your dodgy links. Sorry.

[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.

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

No, just accurate.

Nope, just wrong.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scisignal.ads7662

You'll notice how the writers of this article are labelled "authors".

Qianqian Hu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0310-0296, Lily L. Remsing Rix https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3669-3411, Bina Desai https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-7583, Daria Miroshnychenko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6425-5000, Xueli Li https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3569-5899, Eric A. Welsh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9302-3855, Bin Fang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-1318, Gabriela M. Wright https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3524-6831, Neelkamal Chaudhary, [...] , and Uwe Rix https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8242-2770+5 authors Authors Info & Affiliations

I am not clicking on your dodgy links. Sorry.

Anything with science in the name sounds sketchy. We all do our own research around here.

[Anonymous]

I think DCUM shines in DC area strengths. The politics forum is often filled with RWNJ racist Fox bullets but occasionally there are really good insights on polling data, election results and Congressional maneuvering that are as good as what you read in the Washington Post (sometimes better because they’re made in real-time).

[Anonymous]

Very smart

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Hook, line, and sinker - great job OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Hook, line, and sinker - great job OP.

I mean, I think most people were aware this might be a troll post. But who cares? Some of the answers were interesting. I don’t care about the IQs that much, but I like hearing about who people are and why they’re here.

(And to be honest, there are some intelligent posters on this site. You have to Wade through some muck to find them, sure, but that’s just humanity).

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Intelligent and interesting are not always bedfellows.

I rarely read a genuinely interesting post on here, and when I do, I'm astonished.

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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.

+1

I miss the wit. Humor is the best indicator of intelligence.

We are left with contrarians who lower the discourse with their pedantic drivel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Intelligent and interesting are not always bedfellows.

I rarely read a genuinely interesting post on here, and when I do, I'm astonished.

Why are you here then?

[Anonymous]

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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.

+1

I miss the wit. Humor is the best indicator of intelligence.

We are left with contrarians who lower the discourse with their pedantic drivel.

The moderation here is heavy-handed, perhaps with good reason, and a lot of posts get deleted (many times as collateral damage), so it reduces the incentive to put a lot of work into posts that "elevate the discourse".

[Anonymous]

Grow up, people! And, be kind!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think DCUM shines in DC area strengths. The politics forum is often filled with RWNJ racist Fox bullets but occasionally there are really good insights on polling data, election results and Congressional maneuvering that are as good as what you read in the Washington Post (sometimes better because they’re made in real-time).

+1. And money and finance is the weakest forum for intelligent thought in my opinion. If those people are representative of the average DMV area person and their financial literacy, they are doomed…

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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.

No, just accurate.

Nope, just wrong.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scisignal.ads7662

You'll notice how the writers of this article are labelled "authors".

Qianqian Hu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0310-0296, Lily L. Remsing Rix https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3669-3411, Bina Desai https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-7583, Daria Miroshnychenko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6425-5000, Xueli Li https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3569-5899, Eric A. Welsh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9302-3855, Bin Fang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-1318, Gabriela M. Wright https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3524-6831, Neelkamal Chaudhary, [...] , and Uwe Rix https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8242-2770+5 authors Authors Info & Affiliations

I am not clicking on your dodgy links. Sorry.

Anything with science in the name sounds sketchy. We all do our own research around here.

lol well done