Comment on Publishing Pseudo-Science by R.V. Krishnakumar

I understand, Colin. Still, there is no big danger for Science, but to the reputation of Institutions. Journals, when accepting papers do not go into the reputation of institutions but quality of content. I do not mean to disagree with your points. When I commented, “there is no real danger”, I meant Science. None of my teachers were Ph.D.s when I was in college. Yet, they took care of every laboratory session as if it were a space mission and taught us as if the world would end the next hour. The students benefited and thus the Institution which then had a very high ranking in the State. There may be some who can do good teaching and there may be some who can do good research and some both. What if I am not among the top 100 researchers, I still have an option to be in top 100 teachers. My message is simple : “Try best to teach good and burn the brain a little for research. Teach well and walk with pride. If you have made out a small publication out of the little (or no!) infrastructure that is accessible, remember Archimedes”.