Actually, you&#x27;re ignoring the author.  He said that his publication <i>successes</i> drove him away from the system:<p><pre><code>    I have never been afraid of failures and of retrying, and retrying again;
    my scientific successes are what discouraged me, because I know how they
    were obtained.

    My most important scientific articles were accepted in major journals
    because the editors had a favorable prejudice toward me or my co-authors;
    because I was insuring that I had a discussion with them before I submitted;
    or because the reviewers they chose happened to be close colleagues.
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You presume that he wouldn&#x27;t &quot;air dirty laundry&quot; if he got a tenure-track position.  But this ignores what he just said!  Every academic success he achieved made him discouraged and want to leave.  You aren&#x27;t listening to him.<p>Why do you call this &quot;dirty laundry&quot;?  He addresses that too:<p><pre><code>    Some of my best friends at Duke have told me that I sounded &quot;bitter&quot; when I
    expressed these concerns. I insure you that I am not and that I am writing
    these lines with the nonchalance and bliss of a man who has found other ways
    to be happy and to satisfy his own scientific curiosity.
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You aren&#x27;t listening to him.<p>Look, every time an academic leaves, the existing academics try to point out his lack of career success.  It makes it easier for you to dismiss him.<p>But that train of thought is flawed.  By simple logic, the honest participants in corrupt systems WILL fail to succeed.  These are the people to listen to!  The honest scientists, with sound arguments, and poor publication records.