Shit. I just read this thread in its entirety rather than today's new posts. The digs on professors are pretty baseless; most in the physical sciences are pretty honest and dependable folk. Now plenty have huge egos. That's not so surprising when the competive grant writing environment means that you have to build youself up as Christ's second coming to get money. If you're awarded enough money then over time you start to believe your own hype.
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