The fact that people learn this in grad school is rather troubling.

[koen_hufkens@mastodon.social]

The fact that people learn this in grad school is rather troubling. It also explains a lot IMO.

Just a moment...

(www.science.org)

#academicchatter #failure

[odr_k4tana@infosec.exchange]

@koen_hufkens yep. That was first/second semester undergrad for me way back when

[tallsimon@mstdn.ca]

@koen_hufkens Heh heh...

I recall a survey that showed that the "ah ha" moment to Ph.D was usually 6 to 18 months, but the actual time was 3 to 6 years. I tell people that this means a Ph.D. means to 2½ to 5½ years spent FAILING... every day... going in and failing.

Then I told this story to a young lady who had joined our glass blowing group. And she replied, "well... I was at (UC??) and we did a great experiment and got a really good paper in Cell, and I was done my Ph.D. in 9 months."

... damn ...