Running the publication gauntlet

I’ve talked about aspects of the publication gauntlet before, but this account of Rick Trebino’s quest to publish a response to, and correction of, an incorrect publication makes you wonder if anybody would go to these lengths if the paper in question did not falsely invalidate their previous research.  For example:

Ouch.  Maybe I was being foolish when I assumed that my consideration of jobs pumping septic tanks would correspond with the end of graduate school.

Via: Wicked Anomie