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I once told my dad that if the subject of my thesis was something I could easily explain then it wouldn't be interesting enough to do a PhD in. I said it half-j
by YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago
I once told my dad that if the subject of my thesis was something I could easily explain then it wouldn't be interesting enough to do a PhD in. I said it half-jokingly and he laughed about it, but he stopped asking me what I'm studying after that so maybe he did take it more seriously.
- lupire 1y agoHard to explain doesn't make it interesting either.
- guicen 1y agoThere’s something bittersweet about that moment when someone you love stops asking about your research. It’s a quiet kind of respect, but also a reminder of the communication gap academia often creates.
- ahazred8ta 1y agoIntroduce him to the annual Dance Your PhD contest: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dance+your+phd&ia=videos&iax=videos https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dance+your+phd&ia=videos&iax=video...
- coderatlarge 1y agoi once got excited to explain to my father what i did at a research lab after grad school. he listened patiently for about 30 minutes then he said “oh, so you build software for big business?”
- ted_dunning 1y agoOf course, there is the unstated second part that you really aren't qualified for a PhD until you can explain it simply.