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This is very cute :) Definitely one of my favorite parts to read of any thesis are the acknowledgements. It’s often a time to lower the “fancy academic” mask a
by LolWolf 2y ago
This is very cute :)
Definitely one of my favorite parts to read of any thesis are the acknowledgements. It’s often a time to lower the “fancy academic” mask and really see the human behind the writing; something essentially impossible with the dressed-up writing of many disciplines!
I believe the first part of my own acknowledgements began with: “There are only a few interesting things in this thesis. Out of all of them, this section might be the most important.”
To this day, this is still true!
- DiscourseFan 2y agoBut there wouldn’t be the “human” without the mask…perhaps even humanity is a mask
- LolWolf 2y agoSure, it’s all a mask, but there’s something more “real” behind the acknowledgements in a very distinct way than the editorialized writing of an scientific article. (Using quotes here as these things are deliberately fuzzy!)