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One thing comes right away to mind when reading those numbers: the average age for professor getting tenured is ~39. Is it really a creativity issue, or a more
by NhanH 12y ago
One thing comes right away to mind when reading those numbers: the average age for professor getting tenured is ~39. Is it really a creativity issue, or a more structural issue on process in university (ie you can't do great achievement before having your career settled).
- HarryHirsch 12y agoYou'd think it has to do with the amount of deep background knowledge required to come up with useful model systems. Chemistry and biology are messy subjects. Who again said that he wanted to do mathematics until the age of twenty, then physics until the age of 30, chemistry until 40, biology until 50, and the classics of the rest of his life?