Dr Madeleine Pownall
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implies the only people interested in the obituaries are psychologists. V short sighted to keep historically important psychologists fenced off from the outside world
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
implies the only people interested in the obituaries are psychologists. V short sighted to keep historically important psychologists fenced off from the outside world
Oh that’s a whole other thing but equally as important!
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Oh that’s a whole other thing but equally as important!
I’m sorry that you can’t see how publishing a commemoration of someone’s life is fundamentally a different thing to publishing a scientific article. I don’t know how else to explain this
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’m sorry that you can’t see how publishing a commemoration of someone’s life is fundamentally a different thing to publishing a scientific article. I don’t know how else to explain this
Because obituaries are celebrations of people’s lives, not just a record of a scientific contribution. I get that the publishing model is what it is, but this feels different.
Do you think it’s right that journals should profit from celebrating the lives of people who have passed?
Do you think it’s right that journals should profit from celebrating the lives of people who have passed?
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Because obituaries are celebrations of people’s lives, not just a record of a scientific contribution. I get that the publishing model is what it is, but this feels different.
Do you think it’s right that journals should profit from celebrating the lives of people who have passed?
Do you think it’s right that journals should profit from celebrating the lives of people who have passed?