>finish strong draft of my thesis
>advisor reads it
>generally favorable review, mostly addresses clarity, makes no unfavorable comments on methods used or results
>however, says I don't have nearly enough citations (I had about 20)
>gives me a list of papers to read and cite in my paper
>all but one of the papers have him or one of his colleagues as an author
Why is academia so fucking stupid?
>advisor reads it
>generally favorable review, mostly addresses clarity, makes no unfavorable comments on methods used or results
>however, says I don't have nearly enough citations (I had about 20)
>gives me a list of papers to read and cite in my paper
>all but one of the papers have him or one of his colleagues as an author
Why is academia so fucking stupid?
