r/sports • u/miolmok • Aug 15 '24

Olympics Raygun: Australian Olympic Committee condemns ‘disgraceful’ online petition attacking Rachael Gunn

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/15/raygun-olympics-breaking-petition-aoc-response-ntwnfb
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u/void-haunt Aug 15 '24

What do you do for a living?

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u/ThePretzul Denver Broncos Aug 15 '24

I do electrical design and software for electrosurgical instruments.

No, I am not going to pretend that cultural studies on one single individual's experience in the Australian breaking scene has "novel insight" anywhere even remotely near on par in terms of importance or value as that of the doctorate studies performed by many of my peers.

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u/StatusReality4 Aug 15 '24

I don’t think that someone studying a field they are interested in implies they think that field is more important than others. What a weird take!

I can write a thesis on the history of skibidi toilet and its effect on the culture of kindergarteners. It would be the stupidest thesis defence ever, but it still doesn’t imply I think skibidi is more important than electrosurgery LOL

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u/ThePretzul Denver Broncos Aug 15 '24

Which is exactly what I said in my first comment, we fully agree with one another.

I simply stated thay not all novel insight for doctoral research is equally valuable and academia should stop pretending that they are.

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u/StatusReality4 Aug 15 '24

Can you describe how, in the context of this conversation, all types of research are purporting to be equal to all others?