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Date Posted: 23:53:23 06/12/10 Sat
Author: Anonymous
Subject: Another one bites the dust

My experience is similar, my PhD was failed by an external and internal examiner, ostensibly for a single spelling error and "poor writing" after my MSc thesis being accepted without revisions and first publication from that work also accepted without revision. I had 3 papers published from my PhD when the thesis was failed with only a single unpublished chapter in a 180 page thesis where the r- and K-selection predictions of Southwood et al. 1974 were tested against 23 years of Adams River sockeye data obtained from the International Pacific Salmon Fishing Commission. The external examiner claimed my work would have limited value to other researchers despite no good example of r- and K-selection being found in the approximately 25 years since being proposed by EO Wilson and Robert A MacArthur and it was requested that the chapter be reframed in terms of "reaction norm" theory to stroke the ego of another McGill alumnai who was also on the NSERC operating grant committeee who had invested heavily in the theory, however, by doing so I'd lose academic freedom and support a theory that made no predictions, whereas, r- and K-selection made clear and concise predictions and the data fit the theory admirably. I corresponded with Southwood (former Vice-Chancellor at Oxford)who sent me a nice letter addressing me as Dr. _____ when I finally decided my senior supervisor's veracity had been worth nothing, and would continue to be worth nothing. My own tale is available under the titles 6 is 9, 911 and 411 because I wrote 3 books approximately 500 pages apiece to provide both a catharsis and deal with the fallout from my actions and the inaction and bad faith of McGill alumnai.

If it's any consolation to you personally, the belief of the author is that our work served as bait so liars and thieves would be captured in bad faith. You were chosen as a prospective victim only because you were capable of originality, something thieves of your work will never have. Creativity is a gift few people possess, what I find sad is that the final chapter of my thesis has never been and probably will never be published, at least not by me in my lifetime.

My former supervisor (he was forced to resign because my wife and former mother-in-law who were both McGill faculty members witnessed a letter I'd written after being assaulted by him because I'd caught him in yet another lie and liars don't like to be informed their duplicity is transparent) still lists my publications on his CV nearly 2 decades after being caught red-handed, yet I am not listed among his former postgraduate students. He is leaving his current employer at the end of the year to take up a post at Dalhousie after being employed by the private sector for years after my letters were received where it only took 31 months for the university to make him the offer he couldn't refuse (resign or get fired), whereas the author of the publications (where my supervisor's "contributions" consisted of "editorial support" and $150/yr financial support after making a promise of "a living wage" when I bought him lunch where being his first PhD student was discussed) has never had consistent employment despite being the author and sole researcher. As my PhD was a continuation of my MSc, my claim to originality which was also disputed was utter bullshit. That those incapable of creative work should stand in judgment of others' creativity indicated a paradigm shift (Kuhn) necessary. As my supervisor was ombudsperson when I was assaulted, it wouldn't have done any good to report my assault to him and the registered letter I'd mailed myself was reserved until my thesis was failed more than a year later. On failure of the thesis I was informed I might resubmit if I obtained permission to do so (blowing away a 2-year $35K postdoctoral fellowhip with the BC Science Council), but the subsequent breakup of a marriage to my wife Danielle that had survived 17+ years and loss of two children in addition to two psychiatric admissions instigated first by her (I was woken from sleep by two ambulance attendents and two police after 17 years of no domesic disputes) and her employer (McGill) approximately a year later that were legitimized by a Dr. Brown, who was also a McGill alumnai and who'd coincidentally known my wife's (deceased) father when they were both studying at McGill, led to my recognition I was on my own and against insurmountable odds. When the 4 letters I wrote tendering my resignation, documenting the assault, protesting unfullfilled promises and providing the ultimatum that McGill administrators provide another supervisor and department for me to resubmit my thesis to went ignored after several months with the Principal, Dean of Grad Studies and Research, Dean of Agriculture, Chairman of the Department (Renewable Resources) and my supervior all receiving copies, I wrote another letter instigating the 2nd psychiatric admission with Dr. Brown's approval, with a letter written to MUC Police requesting my supervisor be charged for my assault with a copy of the registered letter documenting the assault providing proof. I never heard from the MUC Police directly. We are not dealing with human beings but animals capable of extreme violence when cornered acting as a mob (where the mean IQ divided by the number of members of the mob provides the mob IQ).

While my books may require suspension of belief, I use somewhat unusual documentation which permits common themes to be elucidated. I found it interesting that Valery Fabriant (Concordia) faced similar circumstances a short time after the falure of my thesis which led him to an act of violence and would not recommend similar use of force. I myself have used The Bible, coincidental nouns appearing in rock music lyrics such as The Beatles roCai RaKuhn [sic], the time on the song (333) and other tools also involving astounding coincidences to show that we are but a single family and providing disrespect to other family members is no way to insure the perpetuation of the genes of those doing so. You'll excuse me for only making reference to the books I've written so if you are interested in following up, you'll have to discover them on the web yourself in addition to the pseudonym employed by their author. Past unpleasant experiences have led me to use disguise so that I do not have another run-in with those believing larceny provides rewards.
WAD

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[> Re: Another one bites the dust -- Anonymous, 00:07:57 06/13/10 Sun [1]

>My experience is similar, my PhD was failed by an
>external and internal examiner, ostensibly for a
>single spelling error and "poor writing" after my MSc
>thesis being accepted without revisions and first
>publication from that work also accepted without
>revision. I had 3 papers published from my PhD when
>the thesis was failed with only a single unpublished
>chapter in a 180 page thesis where the r- and
>K-selection predictions of Southwood et al. 1974 were
>tested against 23 years of Adams River sockeye data
>obtained from the International Pacific Salmon Fishing
>Commission. The external examiner claimed my work
>would have limited value to other researchers despite
>no good example of r- and K-selection being found in
>the approximately 25 years since being proposed by EO
>Wilson and Robert A MacArthur and it was requested
>that the chapter be reframed in terms of "reaction
>norm" theory to stroke the ego of another McGill
>alumnai who was also on the NSERC operating grant
>committeee who had invested heavily in the theory,
>however, by doing so I'd lose academic freedom and
>support a theory that made no predictions, whereas, r-
>and K-selection made clear and concise predictions and
>the data fit the theory admirably. I corresponded with
>Southwood (former Vice-Chancellor at Oxford)who sent
>me a nice letter addressing me as Dr. _____ when I
>finally decided my senior supervisor's veracity had
>been worth nothing, and would continue to be worth
>nothing. My own tale is available under the titles 6
>is 9, 911 and 411 because I wrote 3 books
>approximately 500 pages apiece to provide both a
>catharsis and deal with the fallout from my actions
>and the inaction and bad faith of McGill alumnai.
>
>If it's any consolation to you personally, the belief
>of the author is that our work served as bait so liars
>and thieves would be captured in bad faith. You were
>chosen as a prospective victim only because you were
>capable of originality, something thieves of your work
>will never have. Creativity is a gift few people
>possess, what I find sad is that the final chapter of
>my thesis has never been and probably will never be
>published, at least not by me in my lifetime.
>
>My former supervisor (he was forced to resign because
>my wife and former mother-in-law who were both McGill
>faculty members witnessed a letter I'd written after
>being assaulted by him because I'd caught him in yet
>another lie and liars don't like to be informed their
>duplicity is transparent) still lists my publications
>on his CV nearly 2 decades after being caught
>red-handed, yet I am not listed among his former
>postgraduate students. He is leaving his current
>employer at the end of the year to take up a post at
>Dalhousie after being employed by the private sector
>for years after my letters were received where it only
>took 31 months for the university to make him the
>offer he couldn't refuse (resign or get fired),
>whereas the author of the publications (where my
>supervisor's "contributions" consisted of "editorial
>support" and $150/yr financial support after making a
>promise of "a living wage" when I bought him lunch
>where being his first PhD student was discussed) has
>never had consistent employment despite being the
>author and sole researcher. As my PhD was a
>continuation of my MSc, my claim to originality which
>was also disputed was utter bullshit. That those
>incapable of creative work should stand in judgment of
>others' creativity indicated a paradigm shift (Kuhn)
>necessary. As my supervisor was ombudsperson when I
>was assaulted, it wouldn't have done any good to
>report my assault to him and the registered letter I'd
>mailed myself was reserved until my thesis was failed
>more than a year later. On failure of the thesis I was
>informed I might resubmit if I obtained permission to
>do so (blowing away a 2-year $35K postdoctoral
>fellowhip with the BC Science Council), but the
>subsequent breakup of a marriage to my wife Danielle
>that had survived 17+ years and loss of two children
>in addition to two psychiatric admissions instigated
>first by her (I was woken from sleep by two ambulance
>attendents and two police after 17 years of no domesic
>disputes) and her employer (McGill) approximately a
>year later that were legitimized by a Dr. Brown, who
>was also a McGill alumnai and who'd coincidentally
>known my wife's (deceased) father when they were both
>studying at McGill, led to my recognition I was on my
>own and against insurmountable odds. When the 4
>letters I wrote tendering my resignation, documenting
>the assault, protesting unfullfilled promises and
>providing the ultimatum that McGill administrators
>provide another supervisor and department for me to
>resubmit my thesis to went ignored after several
>months with the Principal, Dean of Grad Studies and
>Research, Dean of Agriculture, Chairman of the
>Department (Renewable Resources) and my supervior all
>receiving copies, I wrote another letter instigating
>the 2nd psychiatric admission with Dr. Brown's
>approval, with a letter written to MUC Police
>requesting my supervisor be charged for my assault
>with a copy of the registered letter documenting the
>assault providing proof. I never heard from the MUC
>Police directly. We are not dealing with human beings
>but animals capable of extreme violence when cornered
>acting as a mob (where the mean IQ divided by the
>number of members of the mob provides the mob IQ).
>
>While my books may require suspension of belief, I use
>somewhat unusual documentation which permits common
>themes to be elucidated. I found it interesting that
>Valery Fabriant (Concordia) faced similar
>circumstances a short time after the falure of my
>thesis which led him to an act of violence and would
>not recommend similar use of force. I myself have used
>The Bible, coincidental nouns appearing in rock music
>lyrics such as The Beatles roCai RaKuhn [sic], the
>time on the song (333) and other tools also involving
>astounding coincidences to show that we are but a
>single family and providing disrespect to other family
>members is no way to insure the perpetuation of the
>genes of those doing so. You'll excuse me for only
>making reference to the books I've written so if you
>are interested in following up, you'll have to
>discover them on the web yourself in addition to the
>pseudonym employed by their author. Past unpleasant
>experiences have led me to use disguise so that I do
>not have another run-in with those believing larceny
>provides rewards, at least not of the sort anticipated.
>WAD


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