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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Carter T. Butts wrote: > ... In the long haul, the > best way to ensure that the field survives is to establish a consistent > record of scientific success (strong predictive theories, refined and > deployable measurement tools, etc.). Complaining about the current > state of affairs (while a fun pastime) does little to bring this about. I agree with your general point about science, but the coin of the realm in the academy, and in science as a profession, is citation--the credit for an idea. Many, if not most of us "of a certain age" here have had our oxen gored by Duncan's lack of attention to little details of citation. My own most direct experience in this regard is his 2003 Science paper, which invents homophily, Blau (sociodemographic) space, organizations assembled into populations of organizations, and so forth. All without any attribution. From the point of view of the scientific enterprise it is more or less irrelevant, but from the individual's point of view it can feel like theft. That may account for the affective tone of some of the dialogue here. Miller ******************************** * Miller McPherson * * Professor of Sociology ****** University of Arizona * [log in to unmask] * ******************************** * and Research Professor Duke University [log in to unmask] _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.