Comment · Thu, January 21, 2021 · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
Request for this sub: academic credentials
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IdesOfMarchCometh · 115 points
I see a lot of people posting here with insightful comments about brain chemistry. It would be nice if we all could add our academic credentials as flair, provided moderators are able to verify the credentials.
Thoughts?
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postinganxiety · 6 points
And yet r/science manages to do both. I don’t see why they would be mutually exclusive.
Credentials are simply another piece of evidence that can be taken into account, personally I’m in favor.
Also I think it’s odd to completely dismiss the hours of work and research that go into earning an advanced degree. Sure there are illogical scientists, but that is not the norm.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
And yet r/science manages to do both. I don’t see why they would be mutually exclusive.
They have 25 MILLION subscribers. It's also a generic sub for all things science, which makes it more feasible. You might have a climatologist that only pops into a thread on climate change, or you might have a epidemiologist who only comments on a COVID thread, etc. 25 million people is a much bigger sample size to pull from. Also, if you look at /r/Science you will see most posts get 0-25 comments. It's only the ones that reach the front page that get thousands. The engagement in this sub is much higher for the amount of subscribers we have. /r/Science does some things well, though.
Also I think it’s odd to completely dismiss the hours of work and research that go into earning an advanced degree. Sure there are illogical scientists, but that is not the norm.
Who is dismissing that? I certainly am not. However, they didn't get a degree so they could get flair on /r/Nootropics, either. Not getting flair here is not some indication that their work or achievements are being dismissed. If they feel they want to preface a statement or comment by mentioning their experience in the filed, they are perfectly allowed to do so. However, that doesn't mean we need to create a framework to assess the veracity of those qualifications, then give them flair for it.