>>16719847
Yes, I am an independent researcher, like Stephen Wolfram or Peter Mitchell. I don't need to defraud academia as I do work that matters. In my field, artificial intelligence, there are many independent researchers and self-taught researchers.
I don't care about having a special reputation or social status, which arguably motivates this academic fraud. I care more about working on things that matter, applying meaningful ideas, and advancing the condition of humanity. I am not against academia itself and affiliate with academics.
>>16719832
It is simply lazy and dishonest and reflects both a poor work ethic and lack of academic integrity. I believe people do this in order to boost their credentials by cranking out low quality papers. Defending this practice also shows a lack of integrity and a dishonest mindset.
These people care more about having their name on a paper than actually discovering something meaningful that contributes to our understanding of the natural world.
It would also be racist and unfair to pin this as an exclusively Chinese phenomenon as I have personally read a great deal of meaningful research from Chinese authors in my field (machine learning) and have also seen a great deal of time wasting tangential nonsense from Western authors on the same subject.
If you feel the need to defraud the system does that not convict the merit of what the author is publising? If it was meaningful research there is no need to cheat or compensate.
