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#1 Submitted by msl_csp on March 29, 2023 - 8:59am

Academics are just people. We display the strengths and weaknesses of human beings. Being a job that is ego driven and often self-centred, some will go along with anything that they perceive as advantageous to their career.

Vienna, 1938: was this the worst faculty meeting ever?

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