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> Academic work is obviously very different from using a lathe in a factory. It requires creativity, intense intellectual effort and the social skills to de
by sevensor 11y ago
> Academic work is obviously very different from using a
lathe in a factory. It requires creativity, intense
intellectual effort and the social skills to deal with
colleagues
I submit that the author hasn't spent much time around highly skilled lathe operators.
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- Mandatum 11y agoI think they're talking about a production-line type environment.
- roel_v 11y agoI have (and welders, and carpenters, etc), and I'm in academics now, and it's nonsense to compare the amount of intellectual effort the two require. Not to dismiss the skills of tradesmen, but let's stay realistic here.