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it's physically painful for everyone else to listen to you talking about your topic.. if you talk for too long that is. :)
by fouc 10mo ago
it's physically painful for everyone else to listen to you talking about your topic.. if you talk for too long that is. :)
- susam 10mo agoIndeed! It's said that no talk should be longer than a microcentury. https://www.ams.org/notices/199701/comm-rota.pdf https://www.ams.org/notices/199701/comm-rota.pdf https://susam.net/microcentury.html https://susam.net/microcentury.html
- fouc 10mo agoNice one! I would've said half a microcentury would be the perfect limit for most school lectures, but for an engaging talk a full microcentury would be acceptable :-)
- willvarfar 10mo agoThe (in)famous astronomer Tycho Brahe died from a bladder infection after politeness prevented him leaving the audience on such an occasion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Illness,_death,_and_investigations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Illness,_death,_an...
- WalterBright 10mo ago> if you talk for too long that is I've made that mistake. Talking for longer than 50 minutes is a bad idea.