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The best science PhDs are neither willing to follow orders nor conforming, but you're right about #1 and 4 :)
by FiReaNG3L 16y ago
The best science PhDs are neither willing to follow orders nor conforming, but you're right about #1 and 4 :)
- falsestprophet 16y agoThe best science PhDs aren't looking for "jobs."
- Semiapies 16y agoBecause genius means you don't need to eat.
- adrianN 16y agoBecause a position as researcher is usually not considered to be a "job".
- Semiapies 16y agoI presume you're not suggesting that working and getting paid are absent from research positions. If so, then who doesn't consider that a "job", and why should we care that they have this bizarre viewpoint?
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- hessenwolf 16y agoYes - but take it from me that it can reaaaaallllllyyyy drag out the process if your results disagree with the status quo. I was made to show that something didn't work in general (in lots of cases in practice), as opposed to just showing that 1. it has not been proved to work, 2. it didn't work in a specific case, 3. my replacement method is mathematically rigorous. And that is why I work for a megacorp, at the moment.
- flurie 16y agoThe best, sure, but the majority? I've seen many people in academia fall prey to the flaws and capriciousness of their advisors, so people often toe the line in order to minimize confrontation. And we haven't even taken into account the evil, corpulent morass that is the world of academic bureaucracy.