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The question is why? He is mostly focused on his podcast and lives in Texas. I doubt there are any notable research contributions from him. His actual PhD is f
by orochimaaru 8mo ago
The question is why? He is mostly focused on his podcast and lives in Texas.
I doubt there are any notable research contributions from him. His actual PhD is from Drexel -
Not MIT.
- TMWNN 8mo agohttps://lex.mit.edu/ https://lex.mit.edu/ https://lids.mit.edu/people/research-staff https://lids.mit.edu/people/research-staff
- aipatselarom 8mo agoWhatever you do please DO NOT look up these links on the Internet Archive. Not just that but I would also suggest to stop using the Internet Archive in general, as it is obviously not a reliable source of truth like Wikipedia or many news outlets with specialized people that spend a non-trivial amount of their time carefully checking all of this information.
- orochimaaru 8mo agoHis paper on Tesla was widely panned as being not academically rigorous and more of an advertisement. The rest are at least 6 years old. So what is he doing as a research scientist. Don’t get me wrong - I like his podcast. I think he gets good guests. But he’s not doing any level of research.
- comfysocks 8mo agoLex’s position at MIT would make sense for a grad student or perhaps someone early in their career as an academic. But Lex is neither a student nor faculty member at MIT. So what’s he doing? This type of thing is usually unpaid or low paying for non-faculty. Lex got his PhD at Drexel over a decade ago. If he had pursued an academic career, he would most likely be an associate professor by now. Working as a researcher at a lab at a university that you aren’t a faculty member of is basically “failure to launch” at this stage. But Lex is a successful podcaster. His dad is a successful academic and scientist (at Drexel.) Lex is not that, but he plays one on the internet.