<![CDATA[The fact that people learn this in grad school is rather troubling.]]>The fact that people learn this in grad school is rather troubling. It also explains a lot IMO.

Just a moment...

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/12919903-c18f-468c-940a-4305230c9188/the-fact-that-people-learn-this-in-grad-school-is-rather-troubling.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:35:04 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2026 14:18:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The fact that people learn this in grad school is rather troubling. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:03:27 GMT]]>@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 ...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/TallSimon/statuses/116414992065215296https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/TallSimon/statuses/116414992065215296Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:03:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The fact that people learn this in grad school is rather troubling. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:42:08 GMT]]>@koen_hufkens yep. That was first/second semester undergrad for me way back when

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