Charlie Sheen is a train wreck. Gadhafi is a train wreck. Milena Penkowa is a train wreck. Wait... who is that?
Milena Penkowa is a researcher that I used to work with. When I knew her, I was not aware of her blind political ambitions. She seemed OK. Not exactly someone who I would be best friends with but she was friendly and seemed nice. I did not have any reason to doubt her ethics or professionalism. No, that is not true. Actually, I did but I honestly never believed that she was capable of any of this. Naive me... It has been a bit of a reality call. It is too bad but there is a lot of crap out there. I almost understand her motivations, though. Science is based on how much you produce and not does not necessarily evaluate the quality of what is done. It is better to put a paper "out there" rather than to take the time to double/triple check your results. Also, the shiny objects are rewarded over and over. She desperately thought that she merited being a shiny object. She did everything to be that comet. Sad is when it is done on the backs of poor students, other scientists and the integrity of our field. Now it is played out in the Danish media: the comet has crashed and burned. Sad.
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110107/full/news.2011.703.html
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