Because someone has to do it. Conference submissions have ballooned as the field...

marcosdumay · 2026-03-19T12:22:14 1773922934

It's better if nobody does it than to send it to the randomizer.

bonoboTP · 2026-03-19T16:10:14 1773936614

Ok but you need peer reviewed publications to graduate with a PhD.

And if you retort that the whole academic system is obsolete, well, it still carries a lot of prestige and legitimacy that makes politicians interested in maintaining it, so it's not going anywhere soon.