# Academics hide & play dumb to oppose the system

**URL:** <https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/academics-hide-play-dumb-to-oppose-the-system/363>\
**Category:** Academia\
**Created:** [October 27, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/academics-hide-play-dumb-to-oppose-the-system/363 "2019-10-27T01:57:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![rebecca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/rebecca/32/520_2.png) [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/academics-hide-play-dumb-to-oppose-the-system/363/1 "2019-10-27T01:57:39Z")

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> **[Academics hide, play dumb, don't care or over-perform. Everything to oppose...](https://sciencenorway.no/academia-work/academics-hide-play-dumb-dont-care-or-over-perform-everything-to-oppose-the-system-and-administration/1582885)**
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> “You can get away with a lot if you just pretend you haven't heard about the rules,” one professor said.

I heard of all the four methods and was explicitly taught several of them by senior colleagues during my years at a Swedish university. Avoiding excessive administration is one of IGDORE’s explicit goals.