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lots of places still do hazing, even at the high levels.. honestly

• michael_j_x 4y ago
  but I found this approach quite fitting to the environment. The math didn't care about my emotions, or how much effort I put into the work. The criticism was (most of the time) mathematically valid, and was delivered extremely efficiently in its brutality. We could argue (politely) but without worrying about hurting egos. It forced me to learn to become emotionally detached from my specific work, allowing me to accept mistakes and take corrective actions.
• dekhn 4y ago
  There is a difference between hazing and aggressive questioning. Hazing is done entirely to maintain power structures through humiliation, while aggressive questioning is done to improve the field by reducing the impact of emotion on rationality.