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This is all lame, building websites, reading papers. These activities are good in their own stead but they don't help the world or achive something spectacular.

This is all lame, building websites, reading papers. These activities are good in their own stead but they don't help the world or achive something spectacular. Why do people want such quick returns. I give you 2 decades, win me a Noble prize.

claudius 13y ago
Reading papers will be your first step in winning a Nobel Prize (unless, of course, you’re aiming for some other, specifically noble, prize :)).
Swizec 13y ago
> they don't help the world or achive something spectacular Sure they do. What if I become really good at summarizing papers for laymen? What if I then start a publishing house for good laymen explanations of science? What if this then leads to the abolishment of all those stupid "Caffeine will give you cancer lololol" articles your mum reads? Or maybe I'll just learn a lot and use it as an advantage somewhere else. Or it might inspire people to read more base sources to form informed opinions about things you care about. And I'm almost certainly not smart and persistent enough for a Nobel Prize.
- juretriglav 13y ago
  If you do become really good at summarizing papers, you are welcome to join our (shameless plug of a free and open source project) Science Gist (http://www.sciencegist.com http://www.sciencegist.com) community. It's early days for this project, but I believe it has a huge potential. Also, since you're living in the same city as I am, we should get coffee/tea sometime soon and talk science.
- Swannie 13y ago
  Or join forces with https://medivizor.com/ https://medivizor.com/
- cyberscrawler 13y ago
  Actually what i want to point out is, what's the rush?
MiaoYu_Goh 13y ago
I am not trying to be snarky, but do you do anything that helps the world and/or achieves something spectacular?
- 001sky 13y ago
  Like pay taxes?
drjesusphd 13y ago
How do you expect to do anything spectacular if you don't put in effort to get good at something?

claudius 13y ago

Reading papers will be your first step in winning a Nobel Prize (unless, of course, you’re aiming for some other, specifically noble, prize :)).

Swizec 13y ago

> they don't help the world or achive something spectacular Sure they do. What if I become really good at summarizing papers for laymen? What if I then start a publishing house for good laymen explanations of science? What if this then leads to the abolishment of all those stupid "Caffeine will give you cancer lololol" articles your mum reads? Or maybe I'll just learn a lot and use it as an advantage somewhere else. Or it might inspire people to read more base sources to form informed opinions about things you care about. And I'm almost certainly not smart and persistent enough for a Nobel Prize.

juretriglav 13y ago
If you do become really good at summarizing papers, you are welcome to join our (shameless plug of a free and open source project) Science Gist (http://www.sciencegist.com http://www.sciencegist.com) community. It's early days for this project, but I believe it has a huge potential. Also, since you're living in the same city as I am, we should get coffee/tea sometime soon and talk science.
Swannie 13y ago
Or join forces with https://medivizor.com/ https://medivizor.com/
cyberscrawler 13y ago
Actually what i want to point out is, what's the rush?

MiaoYu_Goh 13y ago

I am not trying to be snarky, but do you do anything that helps the world and/or achieves something spectacular?

001sky 13y ago
Like pay taxes?

drjesusphd 13y ago

How do you expect to do anything spectacular if you don't put in effort to get good at something?