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  • no it’s not. but you should know what you’re getting into.

    in the beginning of my PhD i really loved what i was doing. from an intellectually point of view i still do. but later, i.e. after 3 years doing a shitty postdoc, i realized that I was not cut out for academia but nevertheless loved doing science.

    however, i was lucky to find a place in industry doing what i like.

    so i guess my 2c is: think about what comes after the PhD and work towards that goal. a PhD is usually not a goal in itself. hth









  • drre@feddit.deto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    5 months ago

    there is a phrase in scientific publishing where people plagiarize a paper but run it through a thesaurus to change certain words to make it less obvious. thing is, randomly picking things up from a thesaurus leads to what is called tortured phrases.

    • counterfeit consciousness
    • torment executioners
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    • AI
    • pain killers

    retraction watch has more