Fortunately academia is populated by self-less souls searching for absolute truths only.
I always wonder why the jealousy is so strong in those circles, it's not as if there is much at stake other than reputation and ego. I've seen quite a few examples of this in real life by now and it's much worse than industry in some ways.
People will do disgustingly stupid things to chase meaningless internet points. It's understandable that more real world intangibles like reputation would see similar actions.
I always wonder why the jealousy is so strong in those circles, it's not as if there is much at stake other than reputation and ego. I've seen quite a few examples of this in real life by now and it's much worse than industry in some ways.