[Air-L] Open-What?

[Christian Nelson]

I never said successful scholars are evil. I said they weren't  
stupid. Big difference. According to the logic of our society, its  
stupid to give up power, to get off the gravy train (or at least  
share their controls if you don't have to), etc. Let's stick to what  
is stated, not to paranoid, straw man constructions of arguments.  
That is what will help analysis. BTW, I also never said successful  
scholars have a desire to squelch journals. They just aren't going to  
flock to them. And if they don't, neither will younger scholars, who  
know that they need to publish in the high status journals if they  
are to get tenure and/or become upwardly mobile.

On Feb 8, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Barry Wellman wrote:

> 1. Evil senior professors have more -- rather than less -- scope to  
> publish where they want. So they don't have a vested interest in  
> squelching journals. I don't think somewhat paranoid discussion  
> about what evil senior professors want and do helps analysis.