Trolls Win: It Might Be Better To Shut Off Comments

Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 20:10 in Physics & Chemistry

Why are physicists thick-skinned but biologists run for the hills when the comment trolls invariably appear?  It may help to be arcane and complex - it's harder to troll hard sciences. Everyone feels like they know some biology but good luck to casual readers trying to debunk rare B_s decays in a high energy physics paper. read more

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