You’re missing the point - athletes like to play sports and some scientists like to review manuscripts. It is the enjoyment that drives them, not the money. Steve
On 2/17/16, 10:54 AM, "Malcolm McCallum" <[email protected]> wrote: >paying reviewers is in no way related to paying athletes. >The athletes are largely student. >Most reviewers are not students. >However, one could argue that reviewing is part of a scientist's job. >Yet, its a part that most institutions provide no credit for. >ITs a really screwed up situation. > >On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 7:57 AM, Steve Young <[email protected]> wrote: >> And then there is the argument that some just enjoy reviewing papers – >>pro >> bono or payment is not something they consider. They like the >>opportunity to >> be involved in cutting edge science albeit the very periphery, before >>it is >> widely distributed. Interesting how this relates somewhat to the debate >> about paying college athletes >> >>(http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/why-ncaa-athletes-shouldnt- >>be-paid). >> >> Steve >> >> >> From: ECOLOG <[email protected]> on behalf of David Duffy >> <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: David Duffy <[email protected]> >> Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 1:02 PM >> To: ECOLOG <[email protected]> >> Subject: [ECOLOG-L] let's go corporate, publishing companies have! >> >> >>http://chronicle.com/article/Want-to-Change-Academic/134546?cid=trend_rig >>ht_h >> >> "So why not try this: If academic work is to be commodified and turned >>into >> a source of profit for shareholders and for the 1 percent of the >>publishing >> world, then we should give up our archaic notions of unpaid craft labor >>and >> insist on professional compensation for our expertise, just as doctors, >> lawyers, and accountants do." >> >> -- >> David Duffy >> 戴大偉 (Dài Dàwěi) >> Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit/Makamakaʻāinana >> Botany >> University of Hawaii/Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi >> 3190 Maile Way >> Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA >> 1-808-956-8218 > > > >-- >Malcolm L. McCallum, PHD, REP >Link to online CV and portfolio : >https://www.visualcv.com/malcolm-mc-callum?access=18A9RYkDGxO > > “Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preservation than the rich >array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a >many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature >lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share >as Americans.” >-President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act of >1973 into law. > >"Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - >Allan Nation > >1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert >1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, > and pollution. >2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction > MAY help restore populations. >2022: Soylent Green is People! > >The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) >Wealth w/o work >Pleasure w/o conscience >Knowledge w/o character >Commerce w/o morality >Science w/o humanity >Worship w/o sacrifice >Politics w/o principle > >Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any >attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may >contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized >review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not >the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and >destroy all copies of the original message.
