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"I have never seen this happen" =/= "This has never happened"

I'm not questioning whether it happened or not, I'm curious about the reasons their presentation was cut short.

"There’s nothing quite like having an established academic decide that hearing eight minutes of the allotted twenty would be sufficient. As a self-funded under-employed contingent, I wasn’t going to say anything useful anyway."

How would this established academic know they're self-funded and under-employed?

The author's job title might have given this away. In Canada (assistant|associate|full) professors are tenured or tenure track, and hence higher status. Any other title could be assumed to mean non-tenure track and under-employed, hence lower status.

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