I mean, I have one, too. If one is lucky (I was), one's graduate education hones one's ability to think. From my perspective, it was well worth the effort.
Hey doc ! I would characterise my time as the best three years I'd never want to live againI mean, I have one, too. If one is lucky (I was), one's graduate education hones one's ability to think. From my perspective, it was well worth the effort.
Not that I disagree with the gist of your comment, though.
It was tough, lonely and aimless at times. Did I add to the body of human knowledge - yes - was it helpful - not sure
My time was rather longer (which may reflect on my being a bit slow on the uptakeHey doc ! I would characterise my time as the best three years I'd never want to live again
) -- I like to describe it as six years of boot camp. We figured out some interesting things -- and I got lucky - really lucky - in my post-doc. Chance favors the prepared mind... but I digress. He said that because he didnt have the math. Which led to his biggest mistake, denying Maxwells equations. He didn't believe in EM waves.
And as acoustician, audio technologist and Eastman School of Music Recording Workshop instructor Mel Sprinkle (RIP ~1981) used to say about experts:
Problem is, he's not an authority in any area he's talking about. There's a lot of that going around these days.
"Working outside his realm of expertise" is a tough call, either way.What’s up with bad science it sticks like an unpaid bill years and decades after debunking . And has an irrational and irresistible allure to some people ?
This guy Kunchur we discussed here ( its been going on for a while )
The MPR vaccine / autism guy , was a total fraud also working outside of his real expertise , like Kunchur , its a hint guys
Why is bad science better story telling than good science ? This stink like the moon hoax and flat earth conspiracies from far away .
And nobody sees it ?
But as soon as the next crackpot theory hits social media everyone is on to it “they” ( big Pharma, illuminati the lizard people ) has fooled us again here’s the truth.
Real interesting science news just disappear ?
That sounds inedible!
Why? What matters is what you do and how you do it, not the piece of paper.
Well more curious what his particular background is...."wave theory" doesn't go far.
In our company I've seen PHDs with great critical thinking minds and others where I wondered what they learned at all while getting a PHD.
In our software department all my colleagues except one have a PHD and hold senior grades. I don't have a PHD, and my EE degree is not even from a university but from a practice oriented technical high school. Nevertheless I hold the only expert grade, and there are very few cases where I see the limits of my education, usually in highly sophisticated number crunching (advanced math).
I learned thinking in class 11 (gymnasium, class 5-13) by a great geography teacher.
