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PhDs should adopt the same practice as the Pope and select a new name upon conferral: - Benedict, the Exhausted - Catherine, the Overcaffeinated - Pius, the Disillusioned

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This is terrifying...

In Japanese, "tsundoku" means collecting books and letting them pile up, not for neglect, but for the joy of knowing they're there, full of untold stories.

Never make this mistake 😂

As an old-fashioned researcher who doesn't trust the cloud, this is what my PhD notes look like.

HELP needed in dating this photograph please.

Help also needed in dating this damaged image.

Re-reading your draft after a break

Me...

“The decline of the humanities is very worrying. It’s not because people are not interested in studying these subjects, but because we don’t encourage it."

Two types of PhD supervisor: 1) I gave that paragraph a third look over - still not sure it works 2) apologies for the 14 months of radio silence, how’s it all looking?

As the university system collapses and millions succumb to tech-induced brain rot, the concept of the autodidact—a self-educated person who loves learning for its own sake—will become more important than ever. Read widely. Form study groups. Let the library be your college.

We forced a bot to watch 10,000 hours of academic writing then asked it to produce an article. It told us it would start next month when things will have probably settled down but it also has a new idea for an interesting, unrelated article

Just shocking...

Feeling just like this now....

How heartening...

When I startred my PhD at 27, I thought ”damn, I’ll be 32 by the end of it”. But then someone told me ” you’ll be 32 anyway” time will pass, no matter how you choose. All we have to decide is what to do with the time given to us.

WHAT A PHD IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT? What a PhD is - A research-based degree focused on creating new knowledge - Requires passion, curiosity, persistence, and discipline - An independent journey with guidance from a supervisor (not teaching) - A process of learning how to