"Because of the attritional nature of contemporary peer review (and the level of aggression frequently encountered), successes in both papers and grants are nowadays likely to be met not with celebration, but a sense of exhausted relief. The pleasure is always fleeting."
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https://totalinternalreflectionblog.com/2023/10/29/a-riposte-to-the-red-queens/