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>be a phd student
>mentor asks you do make a publication in very short amount of time
>you write as fast as you can and submit the research to a conference
>your mentor and his friends accept it without even reading
>you then go on to prove your thesis is right
>because you had to write as fast as possible, you discover you were wrong and the research doesn't even makes any sense
>wants to retract from the conference, but the mentor says you have to finish
>the only way to finish would be to fake the data
>you can't sleep, can't eat
>near mental breakdown
>you know this will fuck your life, because other experts will read and find you faked the data
>try to talk again with the mentor and he says he would kill you if you try to destroy his reputation making it public
>write a suicide note and hangs yourself
He was Huixiang Chen.
https://medium.com/@huixiangvoice/the-hidden-story-behind-the-suicide-phd-candidate-huixiang-chen-236cd39f79d3

Seems to me that the problem lies in Chink culture where suicide is the answer for every small misfortune.

What a pathetic loser. He should of just retracted anyways. Mistakes are bound to happen, and it isn't a big deal. Even if the mentor would have killed him (which he likely wouldn't), it would be better to die in battle than die like a pathetic loser by hanging yourself.

>>12473
Thing is this isn't a small misfortune. And that's where the problem lies.

Would have been better just to walk away. He's not the first PhD candidate pushed to the breaking point.

>>12484
>Thing is this isn't a small misfortune. And that's where the problem lies.

It's not suicide worthy. He could still find a well paid job and have a relatively normal life.