Science Demotivators

Saying your paper has been cited 100 times is equivalent to saying that approximately 6.5 billion people haven't read it... and don't really plan to.

Via Biocurious, here are Demotivators for Scientists. As if scientist's exuberance and enthusiasm were problems. Also, citations, like blog links, follow power laws, and 100 citations is a lot.

PS, it could be worse. A lot worse.