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o88pcvi7sa6m
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good. Making these articles available to people without the means to access them through publishers asking ridiculous prices is important.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvkhgvjh
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Well ethically speaking... it's the best.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv339w18
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Absolutely a good thing. It's perverse that publicly funded research is hidden behind paywalls. The paywalls now are even more ridiculous: both the author and the reader are charged, the reviewers are not paid, and there's not even printing costs to justify it because whoever, outside of fossils, goes searching for a printed version of their journal? Literally, we are paying a fuckton of public money for having a .com domain associated to our content. The quicker the system burns, the better.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv13djmx
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It is literally the best thing ever.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv6av4oc
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "God sent except God is actually Alexandra Elbakyan", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcviobltt
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A very good thing. Publishing companies take money from author, institutions, and readers without paying any of their reviewers . So where does all this money go?", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvzoyqq7
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's the best thing! I have subscription to all the journals through my academic institution but I still use Scihub for the convenience. It is just so quick and easy to use.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv1vno4l
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I was reading through a proof and the author referenced a result from a different paper. Basically saying, we know this is true because [3]. I was trying to generalize the argument so I needed to know the conditions of the theorem/lemma in order to know if I could still use this result. However, everywhere I looked the referenced paper was behind a paywall—even through my institution. It was like 40 dollars to read this one paper..and I just needed to read like a paragraph of it. I looked it up on SciHub and had it instantly. I read the paragraph, closed it, and was like cool okay I can still use the reference. I can’t imagine having to pay 40 dollars for that. It’s ridiculous.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv2ie7jb
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Sometimes I use it to access papers I have access to through the university but am too lazy to remember my login/start up the VPN. Don't know where that slots in ethically.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvpfi6ym
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvxo0i23
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "As I see it, the best thing in the academic world.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvgh2dv0
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A good thing. Copyright doesn’t protect scholars or artists, it protects the wallets of big corporations exploiting our labor for profit without sharing a penny with us.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcve1tp4y
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "In many underdeveloped countries, it's the only way people can have access to new research. So... good, I guess", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv8btg03
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "There are not many things I have extremely strong opinions on, but I absolutely support SciHub. Long live free and open article access!", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A good thing. Researchers don't get any money for their views and publishing is a massive rip off as now it is all online. Certain papers might get 1 view a week, the cost of hosting and supplying that is negligible. It isn't like reviewers get paid either.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv0pkpc6
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "There are not many things I have extremely strong opinions on, but I absolutely support SciHub. Long live free and open article access!", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good. Making these articles available to people without the means to access them through publishers asking ridiculous prices is important.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv9ag4h7
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "There are not many things I have extremely strong opinions on, but I absolutely support SciHub. Long live free and open article access!", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Well ethically speaking... it's the best.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvi6zvl3
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "There are not many things I have extremely strong opinions on, but I absolutely support SciHub. Long live free and open article access!", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It is literally the best thing ever.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv7nka7w
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "There are not many things I have extremely strong opinions on, but I absolutely support SciHub. Long live free and open article access!", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A very good thing. Publishing companies take money from author, institutions, and readers without paying any of their reviewers . So where does all this money go?", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvp24xf2
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "There are not many things I have extremely strong opinions on, but I absolutely support SciHub. Long live free and open article access!", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's the best thing! I have subscription to all the journals through my academic institution but I still use Scihub for the convenience. It is just so quick and easy to use.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvf2e8wm
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "There are not many things I have extremely strong opinions on, but I absolutely support SciHub. Long live free and open article access!", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvh2sypa
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "There are not many things I have extremely strong opinions on, but I absolutely support SciHub. Long live free and open article access!", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvz7d64a
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A good thing. Researchers don't get any money for their views and publishing is a massive rip off as now it is all online. Certain papers might get 1 view a week, the cost of hosting and supplying that is negligible. It isn't like reviewers get paid either.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's the best thing! I have subscription to all the journals through my academic institution but I still use Scihub for the convenience. It is just so quick and easy to use.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv5jl3oj
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Well ethically speaking... it's the best.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It is literally the best thing ever.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvwkttw1
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Well ethically speaking... it's the best.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A very good thing. Publishing companies take money from author, institutions, and readers without paying any of their reviewers . So where does all this money go?", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvxcjw9p
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Well ethically speaking... it's the best.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's the best thing! I have subscription to all the journals through my academic institution but I still use Scihub for the convenience. It is just so quick and easy to use.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvp9dx8y
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Well ethically speaking... it's the best.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvzth7hp
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Well ethically speaking... it's the best.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvceqklo
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Absolutely a good thing. It's perverse that publicly funded research is hidden behind paywalls. The paywalls now are even more ridiculous: both the author and the reader are charged, the reviewers are not paid, and there's not even printing costs to justify it because whoever, outside of fossils, goes searching for a printed version of their journal? Literally, we are paying a fuckton of public money for having a .com domain associated to our content. The quicker the system burns, the better.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It is literally the best thing ever.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv8hhrbt
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Absolutely a good thing. It's perverse that publicly funded research is hidden behind paywalls. The paywalls now are even more ridiculous: both the author and the reader are charged, the reviewers are not paid, and there's not even printing costs to justify it because whoever, outside of fossils, goes searching for a printed version of their journal? Literally, we are paying a fuckton of public money for having a .com domain associated to our content. The quicker the system burns, the better.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A very good thing. Publishing companies take money from author, institutions, and readers without paying any of their reviewers . So where does all this money go?", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvdpyuem
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Absolutely a good thing. It's perverse that publicly funded research is hidden behind paywalls. The paywalls now are even more ridiculous: both the author and the reader are charged, the reviewers are not paid, and there's not even printing costs to justify it because whoever, outside of fossils, goes searching for a printed version of their journal? Literally, we are paying a fuckton of public money for having a .com domain associated to our content. The quicker the system burns, the better.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's the best thing! I have subscription to all the journals through my academic institution but I still use Scihub for the convenience. It is just so quick and easy to use.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvwo8u9j
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Absolutely a good thing. It's perverse that publicly funded research is hidden behind paywalls. The paywalls now are even more ridiculous: both the author and the reader are charged, the reviewers are not paid, and there's not even printing costs to justify it because whoever, outside of fossils, goes searching for a printed version of their journal? Literally, we are paying a fuckton of public money for having a .com domain associated to our content. The quicker the system burns, the better.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Sometimes I use it to access papers I have access to through the university but am too lazy to remember my login/start up the VPN. Don't know where that slots in ethically.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvymo7ej
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Absolutely a good thing. It's perverse that publicly funded research is hidden behind paywalls. The paywalls now are even more ridiculous: both the author and the reader are charged, the reviewers are not paid, and there's not even printing costs to justify it because whoever, outside of fossils, goes searching for a printed version of their journal? Literally, we are paying a fuckton of public money for having a .com domain associated to our content. The quicker the system burns, the better.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv23lguy
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Absolutely a good thing. It's perverse that publicly funded research is hidden behind paywalls. The paywalls now are even more ridiculous: both the author and the reader are charged, the reviewers are not paid, and there's not even printing costs to justify it because whoever, outside of fossils, goes searching for a printed version of their journal? Literally, we are paying a fuckton of public money for having a .com domain associated to our content. The quicker the system burns, the better.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvl879le
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It is literally the best thing ever.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's the best thing! I have subscription to all the journals through my academic institution but I still use Scihub for the convenience. It is just so quick and easy to use.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvy1u0px
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It is literally the best thing ever.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv26fp2s
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It is literally the best thing ever.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvwymasa
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "God sent except God is actually Alexandra Elbakyan", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A very good thing. Publishing companies take money from author, institutions, and readers without paying any of their reviewers . So where does all this money go?", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvwb7b0q
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "God sent except God is actually Alexandra Elbakyan", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's the best thing! I have subscription to all the journals through my academic institution but I still use Scihub for the convenience. It is just so quick and easy to use.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvwh4vq9
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "God sent except God is actually Alexandra Elbakyan", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I was reading through a proof and the author referenced a result from a different paper. Basically saying, we know this is true because [3]. I was trying to generalize the argument so I needed to know the conditions of the theorem/lemma in order to know if I could still use this result. However, everywhere I looked the referenced paper was behind a paywall—even through my institution. It was like 40 dollars to read this one paper..and I just needed to read like a paragraph of it. I looked it up on SciHub and had it instantly. I read the paragraph, closed it, and was like cool okay I can still use the reference. I can’t imagine having to pay 40 dollars for that. It’s ridiculous.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvawhdll
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "God sent except God is actually Alexandra Elbakyan", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Sometimes I use it to access papers I have access to through the university but am too lazy to remember my login/start up the VPN. Don't know where that slots in ethically.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvissbr6
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "God sent except God is actually Alexandra Elbakyan", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvmttq7v
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "God sent except God is actually Alexandra Elbakyan", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvkguvdz
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A very good thing. Publishing companies take money from author, institutions, and readers without paying any of their reviewers . So where does all this money go?", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's the best thing! I have subscription to all the journals through my academic institution but I still use Scihub for the convenience. It is just so quick and easy to use.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvtsqggj
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A very good thing. Publishing companies take money from author, institutions, and readers without paying any of their reviewers . So where does all this money go?", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvyhensf
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A very good thing. Publishing companies take money from author, institutions, and readers without paying any of their reviewers . So where does all this money go?", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcveowcqh
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "From my perspective as a researcher working in a non-rich country and with underfunded scientific system, I have to say that not only Sci-Hub is great, it is absolutely NECESSARY. Any initiative that diminishes inequalities is good, imagine one as impactful as Sci-Hub. There are only two possibilities for someone to think that Sci-Hub is a bad thing: (1) you are a situated in a rich country and already has access to all publications that you might need (plus you have no class consciousness) or (2) you are involved with publishers. Personally, I think it is absolutely disgraceful for any scientist not to admire Alexandra Elbakyan.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's the best thing! I have subscription to all the journals through my academic institution but I still use Scihub for the convenience. It is just so quick and easy to use.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvvhj6ag
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "From my perspective as a researcher working in a non-rich country and with underfunded scientific system, I have to say that not only Sci-Hub is great, it is absolutely NECESSARY. Any initiative that diminishes inequalities is good, imagine one as impactful as Sci-Hub. There are only two possibilities for someone to think that Sci-Hub is a bad thing: (1) you are a situated in a rich country and already has access to all publications that you might need (plus you have no class consciousness) or (2) you are involved with publishers. Personally, I think it is absolutely disgraceful for any scientist not to admire Alexandra Elbakyan.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I was reading through a proof and the author referenced a result from a different paper. Basically saying, we know this is true because [3]. I was trying to generalize the argument so I needed to know the conditions of the theorem/lemma in order to know if I could still use this result. However, everywhere I looked the referenced paper was behind a paywall—even through my institution. It was like 40 dollars to read this one paper..and I just needed to read like a paragraph of it. I looked it up on SciHub and had it instantly. I read the paragraph, closed it, and was like cool okay I can still use the reference. I can’t imagine having to pay 40 dollars for that. It’s ridiculous.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvopfdk2
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "From my perspective as a researcher working in a non-rich country and with underfunded scientific system, I have to say that not only Sci-Hub is great, it is absolutely NECESSARY. Any initiative that diminishes inequalities is good, imagine one as impactful as Sci-Hub. There are only two possibilities for someone to think that Sci-Hub is a bad thing: (1) you are a situated in a rich country and already has access to all publications that you might need (plus you have no class consciousness) or (2) you are involved with publishers. Personally, I think it is absolutely disgraceful for any scientist not to admire Alexandra Elbakyan.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The cost of subscriptions is criminal. As an author, I PAY them to publish my work (it’s considered advertising). Printing costs are minimal due to online content so their costs have dropped. Reviewers don’t get paid. We all pay for the research because it’s mostly public funded (tax payer benefits) so in effect, they’re charging everyone to read material that belongs to everyone (in principal). Scihub rules.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvna2wbg
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "From my perspective as a researcher working in a non-rich country and with underfunded scientific system, I have to say that not only Sci-Hub is great, it is absolutely NECESSARY. Any initiative that diminishes inequalities is good, imagine one as impactful as Sci-Hub. There are only two possibilities for someone to think that Sci-Hub is a bad thing: (1) you are a situated in a rich country and already has access to all publications that you might need (plus you have no class consciousness) or (2) you are involved with publishers. Personally, I think it is absolutely disgraceful for any scientist not to admire Alexandra Elbakyan.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Sometimes I use it to access papers I have access to through the university but am too lazy to remember my login/start up the VPN. Don't know where that slots in ethically.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvgqodrj
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "From my perspective as a researcher working in a non-rich country and with underfunded scientific system, I have to say that not only Sci-Hub is great, it is absolutely NECESSARY. Any initiative that diminishes inequalities is good, imagine one as impactful as Sci-Hub. There are only two possibilities for someone to think that Sci-Hub is a bad thing: (1) you are a situated in a rich country and already has access to all publications that you might need (plus you have no class consciousness) or (2) you are involved with publishers. Personally, I think it is absolutely disgraceful for any scientist not to admire Alexandra Elbakyan.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvk96ytt
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "From my perspective as a researcher working in a non-rich country and with underfunded scientific system, I have to say that not only Sci-Hub is great, it is absolutely NECESSARY. Any initiative that diminishes inequalities is good, imagine one as impactful as Sci-Hub. There are only two possibilities for someone to think that Sci-Hub is a bad thing: (1) you are a situated in a rich country and already has access to all publications that you might need (plus you have no class consciousness) or (2) you are involved with publishers. Personally, I think it is absolutely disgraceful for any scientist not to admire Alexandra Elbakyan.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "As I see it, the best thing in the academic world.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv4d0vwq
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "From my perspective as a researcher working in a non-rich country and with underfunded scientific system, I have to say that not only Sci-Hub is great, it is absolutely NECESSARY. Any initiative that diminishes inequalities is good, imagine one as impactful as Sci-Hub. There are only two possibilities for someone to think that Sci-Hub is a bad thing: (1) you are a situated in a rich country and already has access to all publications that you might need (plus you have no class consciousness) or (2) you are involved with publishers. Personally, I think it is absolutely disgraceful for any scientist not to admire Alexandra Elbakyan.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A good thing. Copyright doesn’t protect scholars or artists, it protects the wallets of big corporations exploiting our labor for profit without sharing a penny with us.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv9fsea3
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "From my perspective as a researcher working in a non-rich country and with underfunded scientific system, I have to say that not only Sci-Hub is great, it is absolutely NECESSARY. Any initiative that diminishes inequalities is good, imagine one as impactful as Sci-Hub. There are only two possibilities for someone to think that Sci-Hub is a bad thing: (1) you are a situated in a rich country and already has access to all publications that you might need (plus you have no class consciousness) or (2) you are involved with publishers. Personally, I think it is absolutely disgraceful for any scientist not to admire Alexandra Elbakyan.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvqxbtv2
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "From my perspective as a researcher working in a non-rich country and with underfunded scientific system, I have to say that not only Sci-Hub is great, it is absolutely NECESSARY. Any initiative that diminishes inequalities is good, imagine one as impactful as Sci-Hub. There are only two possibilities for someone to think that Sci-Hub is a bad thing: (1) you are a situated in a rich country and already has access to all publications that you might need (plus you have no class consciousness) or (2) you are involved with publishers. Personally, I think it is absolutely disgraceful for any scientist not to admire Alexandra Elbakyan.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Another tip for those who may have trouble accessing the webpage: there is a scihub telegram bot which you can message the doi and it sends you the paper as attachment. As far as I understand, this gets around any blocks/bans through end to end encryption.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvzx2ooa
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I was reading through a proof and the author referenced a result from a different paper. Basically saying, we know this is true because [3]. I was trying to generalize the argument so I needed to know the conditions of the theorem/lemma in order to know if I could still use this result. However, everywhere I looked the referenced paper was behind a paywall—even through my institution. It was like 40 dollars to read this one paper..and I just needed to read like a paragraph of it. I looked it up on SciHub and had it instantly. I read the paragraph, closed it, and was like cool okay I can still use the reference. I can’t imagine having to pay 40 dollars for that. It’s ridiculous.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Sometimes I use it to access papers I have access to through the university but am too lazy to remember my login/start up the VPN. Don't know where that slots in ethically.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv0k8p8x
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I was reading through a proof and the author referenced a result from a different paper. Basically saying, we know this is true because [3]. I was trying to generalize the argument so I needed to know the conditions of the theorem/lemma in order to know if I could still use this result. However, everywhere I looked the referenced paper was behind a paywall—even through my institution. It was like 40 dollars to read this one paper..and I just needed to read like a paragraph of it. I looked it up on SciHub and had it instantly. I read the paragraph, closed it, and was like cool okay I can still use the reference. I can’t imagine having to pay 40 dollars for that. It’s ridiculous.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv6y2fan
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I was reading through a proof and the author referenced a result from a different paper. Basically saying, we know this is true because [3]. I was trying to generalize the argument so I needed to know the conditions of the theorem/lemma in order to know if I could still use this result. However, everywhere I looked the referenced paper was behind a paywall—even through my institution. It was like 40 dollars to read this one paper..and I just needed to read like a paragraph of it. I looked it up on SciHub and had it instantly. I read the paragraph, closed it, and was like cool okay I can still use the reference. I can’t imagine having to pay 40 dollars for that. It’s ridiculous.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvc8yeow
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The cost of subscriptions is criminal. As an author, I PAY them to publish my work (it’s considered advertising). Printing costs are minimal due to online content so their costs have dropped. Reviewers don’t get paid. We all pay for the research because it’s mostly public funded (tax payer benefits) so in effect, they’re charging everyone to read material that belongs to everyone (in principal). Scihub rules.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Sometimes I use it to access papers I have access to through the university but am too lazy to remember my login/start up the VPN. Don't know where that slots in ethically.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv1pz7pc
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The cost of subscriptions is criminal. As an author, I PAY them to publish my work (it’s considered advertising). Printing costs are minimal due to online content so their costs have dropped. Reviewers don’t get paid. We all pay for the research because it’s mostly public funded (tax payer benefits) so in effect, they’re charging everyone to read material that belongs to everyone (in principal). Scihub rules.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
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Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The cost of subscriptions is criminal. As an author, I PAY them to publish my work (it’s considered advertising). Printing costs are minimal due to online content so their costs have dropped. Reviewers don’t get paid. We all pay for the research because it’s mostly public funded (tax payer benefits) so in effect, they’re charging everyone to read material that belongs to everyone (in principal). Scihub rules.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "As I see it, the best thing in the academic world.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv5bbsp1
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The cost of subscriptions is criminal. As an author, I PAY them to publish my work (it’s considered advertising). Printing costs are minimal due to online content so their costs have dropped. Reviewers don’t get paid. We all pay for the research because it’s mostly public funded (tax payer benefits) so in effect, they’re charging everyone to read material that belongs to everyone (in principal). Scihub rules.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A good thing. Copyright doesn’t protect scholars or artists, it protects the wallets of big corporations exploiting our labor for profit without sharing a penny with us.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcv7o9zrv
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The cost of subscriptions is criminal. As an author, I PAY them to publish my work (it’s considered advertising). Printing costs are minimal due to online content so their costs have dropped. Reviewers don’t get paid. We all pay for the research because it’s mostly public funded (tax payer benefits) so in effect, they’re charging everyone to read material that belongs to everyone (in principal). Scihub rules.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvajav4t
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Sometimes I use it to access papers I have access to through the university but am too lazy to remember my login/start up the VPN. Don't know where that slots in ethically.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvctol26
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Sometimes I use it to access papers I have access to through the university but am too lazy to remember my login/start up the VPN. Don't know where that slots in ethically.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvtws9k7
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good - the article processing charges associated with open access are exorbitant, making it unavailable for many researchers. Buying subscriptions to journals is also expensive - without a subscription, accessing a single article may cost up to 40$. I was writing a case report recently and tried to access an orthopedics article published in the early 1990s and it was still behind a paywall.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
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Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "As I see it, the best thing in the academic world.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
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Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A good thing. Copyright doesn’t protect scholars or artists, it protects the wallets of big corporations exploiting our labor for profit without sharing a penny with us.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
o88pcvr0z4e9
Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Another tip for those who may have trouble accessing the webpage: there is a scihub telegram bot which you can message the doi and it sends you the paper as attachment. As far as I understand, this gets around any blocks/bans through end to end encryption.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "Is SciHub a good thing or a bad thing? It's blocked at my university and I was just wondering what the general consensus is about this website. Happy Saturday.", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think it’s amazing. I found it very helpful in undergrad.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd1bx6qk
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Bad news - it's not going away. It doesn't matter how much you will achieve it will be with you. Good news - everyone feels it. So don't worry too much, it's normal, one step at a time, you'll get there.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I have a theory that imposter syndrome is closely related to your cultural background, and the kind of representation that academics had in art during your formative years.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxds3n56w
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "As another woman in STEM, it helps me to talk to people in other fields and those outside of academia. I tend to assume a lot of what I know is common knowledge or easy to understand or largely covered in other fields but in different frameworks. When I have to explain my work to someone else, I quickly realize that isn't true. It also gives me a chance to appreciate the other person's expertise and how nice it is that different people are good at different things. I also look for objective markers of my success and try to save them somewhere I can look at them when I forget. It's amazing how those accomplishments disappear from my mind when I am feeling bad about myself.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I have a theory that imposter syndrome is closely related to your cultural background, and the kind of representation that academics had in art during your formative years.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdbf8z1w
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "This letter written by Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman is always my go-to when trying to combat imposture syndrome myself. All these MDs at your conference are people, too. They are not omnipotent beings! Plus, from what I gather about MDs, many of them are somewhat out-of-touch with cutting edge research (particularly outside their specialty). In other words, in the eyes of many of the MDs there, *you* will be the expert, even if you don't feel like it. If that makes you uncomfortable, personally, I fall back on what I know and try not to speculate on what I do not. One of the most eye-opening experiences I have had in grad school was at a conference outside of my major domain of study. I went with my advisor and two other faculty--each are very respected in their domains. During a particular session, I felt like an idiot because I just could NOT understand what was being presented. After the session, all four of us got together and they all felt the same way. The moral of the story being that it's okay not to know everything and everything, there is *always* more to learn. The main purpose for virtually all conferences is to share your knowledge with others. If we already knew everything going it, these conferences would just be an expensive, multi-day happy hour.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I finished my PhD in 2017 and have been an Assistant Professor since but I still have imposter syndrome. I’m not even comfortable when people call me Dr. ... It will take time but keep doing your best", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdbo79kz
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "This letter written by Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman is always my go-to when trying to combat imposture syndrome myself. All these MDs at your conference are people, too. They are not omnipotent beings! Plus, from what I gather about MDs, many of them are somewhat out-of-touch with cutting edge research (particularly outside their specialty). In other words, in the eyes of many of the MDs there, *you* will be the expert, even if you don't feel like it. If that makes you uncomfortable, personally, I fall back on what I know and try not to speculate on what I do not. One of the most eye-opening experiences I have had in grad school was at a conference outside of my major domain of study. I went with my advisor and two other faculty--each are very respected in their domains. During a particular session, I felt like an idiot because I just could NOT understand what was being presented. After the session, all four of us got together and they all felt the same way. The moral of the story being that it's okay not to know everything and everything, there is *always* more to learn. The main purpose for virtually all conferences is to share your knowledge with others. If we already knew everything going it, these conferences would just be an expensive, multi-day happy hour.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Fake it til you make it. The beauty of science is that you're often doing things people haven't done before and it's acceptable to say you don't know if you don't know something or you need to look it up.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxddif89l
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "This letter written by Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman is always my go-to when trying to combat imposture syndrome myself. All these MDs at your conference are people, too. They are not omnipotent beings! Plus, from what I gather about MDs, many of them are somewhat out-of-touch with cutting edge research (particularly outside their specialty). In other words, in the eyes of many of the MDs there, *you* will be the expert, even if you don't feel like it. If that makes you uncomfortable, personally, I fall back on what I know and try not to speculate on what I do not. One of the most eye-opening experiences I have had in grad school was at a conference outside of my major domain of study. I went with my advisor and two other faculty--each are very respected in their domains. During a particular session, I felt like an idiot because I just could NOT understand what was being presented. After the session, all four of us got together and they all felt the same way. The moral of the story being that it's okay not to know everything and everything, there is *always* more to learn. The main purpose for virtually all conferences is to share your knowledge with others. If we already knew everything going it, these conferences would just be an expensive, multi-day happy hour.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I have a theory that imposter syndrome is closely related to your cultural background, and the kind of representation that academics had in art during your formative years.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdtn53c3
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "This letter written by Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman is always my go-to when trying to combat imposture syndrome myself. All these MDs at your conference are people, too. They are not omnipotent beings! Plus, from what I gather about MDs, many of them are somewhat out-of-touch with cutting edge research (particularly outside their specialty). In other words, in the eyes of many of the MDs there, *you* will be the expert, even if you don't feel like it. If that makes you uncomfortable, personally, I fall back on what I know and try not to speculate on what I do not. One of the most eye-opening experiences I have had in grad school was at a conference outside of my major domain of study. I went with my advisor and two other faculty--each are very respected in their domains. During a particular session, I felt like an idiot because I just could NOT understand what was being presented. After the session, all four of us got together and they all felt the same way. The moral of the story being that it's okay not to know everything and everything, there is *always* more to learn. The main purpose for virtually all conferences is to share your knowledge with others. If we already knew everything going it, these conferences would just be an expensive, multi-day happy hour.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's not 'you vs curriculum' anymore, it's 'you vs god'. We're all unqualified. Finishing your degree isnt about not feeling this way, it's about doing exactly what you're doing. Pushing forward despite the emotional trauma. As for speaking, if you've done something someone else hasnt done, then you have something to say. There may or may not be pushback, but saying stuff to other smart people is the job. No one is gonna beat you up afterwards, so just do the best job you can, sit down, feel like shit, second guess, and repeat until you graduate. I hate to put it this way, but fuck your feelings. They're a shit barometer of how you're actually doing. Unless you get fired, you're doing fine.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd6qmfun
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "This letter written by Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman is always my go-to when trying to combat imposture syndrome myself. All these MDs at your conference are people, too. They are not omnipotent beings! Plus, from what I gather about MDs, many of them are somewhat out-of-touch with cutting edge research (particularly outside their specialty). In other words, in the eyes of many of the MDs there, *you* will be the expert, even if you don't feel like it. If that makes you uncomfortable, personally, I fall back on what I know and try not to speculate on what I do not. One of the most eye-opening experiences I have had in grad school was at a conference outside of my major domain of study. I went with my advisor and two other faculty--each are very respected in their domains. During a particular session, I felt like an idiot because I just could NOT understand what was being presented. After the session, all four of us got together and they all felt the same way. The moral of the story being that it's okay not to know everything and everything, there is *always* more to learn. The main purpose for virtually all conferences is to share your knowledge with others. If we already knew everything going it, these conferences would just be an expensive, multi-day happy hour.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Is this your first conference presentation?! If so congrats! Once you get over the nerves everyone has, it can be really fun and rewarding. Everyone is nervous and apprehensive before their first (several) conference presentations; I still get so nervous during conference presentations that I talk 8,000 miles a minute. Imposter syndrome is always going to be there. I was applying to TT jobs this time last year and reading the admission requirements for the Master's program at a department I was applying to. And I caught myself thinking, \"Oh gosh, I'm not sure I can get into this program...\" and I felt really intimidated for several minutes, until I snapped out of it and realized I already have a masters degree (and a PhD and have done 2 post-docs) and that I was being RIDICULOUS. It just never goes away! The only way to gain experience is by DOING, and that's what I remind myself all the time. If I let my imposter syndrome get the best of me I won't ever DO anything, and then I really won't have the right experience. Participate as much as you can, learn from as many people as you can, and remind yourself that WE ALL feel the same insufficiencies.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd4wbuvu
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "This letter written by Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman is always my go-to when trying to combat imposture syndrome myself. All these MDs at your conference are people, too. They are not omnipotent beings! Plus, from what I gather about MDs, many of them are somewhat out-of-touch with cutting edge research (particularly outside their specialty). In other words, in the eyes of many of the MDs there, *you* will be the expert, even if you don't feel like it. If that makes you uncomfortable, personally, I fall back on what I know and try not to speculate on what I do not. One of the most eye-opening experiences I have had in grad school was at a conference outside of my major domain of study. I went with my advisor and two other faculty--each are very respected in their domains. During a particular session, I felt like an idiot because I just could NOT understand what was being presented. After the session, all four of us got together and they all felt the same way. The moral of the story being that it's okay not to know everything and everything, there is *always* more to learn. The main purpose for virtually all conferences is to share your knowledge with others. If we already knew everything going it, these conferences would just be an expensive, multi-day happy hour.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Remember that you know more about your own research than anyone else, and it is worth sharing. It does seem that imposter syndrome never goes away, though. I just started a postdoc and boy is it hitting me hard.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdfm21ac
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "This letter written by Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman is always my go-to when trying to combat imposture syndrome myself. All these MDs at your conference are people, too. They are not omnipotent beings! Plus, from what I gather about MDs, many of them are somewhat out-of-touch with cutting edge research (particularly outside their specialty). In other words, in the eyes of many of the MDs there, *you* will be the expert, even if you don't feel like it. If that makes you uncomfortable, personally, I fall back on what I know and try not to speculate on what I do not. One of the most eye-opening experiences I have had in grad school was at a conference outside of my major domain of study. I went with my advisor and two other faculty--each are very respected in their domains. During a particular session, I felt like an idiot because I just could NOT understand what was being presented. After the session, all four of us got together and they all felt the same way. The moral of the story being that it's okay not to know everything and everything, there is *always* more to learn. The main purpose for virtually all conferences is to share your knowledge with others. If we already knew everything going it, these conferences would just be an expensive, multi-day happy hour.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It helped me when I realised that my professors didn't know everything. Even when they seemed to have an answer for everything, eventually I realised just how often they were bluffing a bit. Made me feel like it's OK not to know everything, or that there's strength in admitting \"I'm not sure, but I can look it up/ ask someone who would know/ point you in the right direction\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd1ns9vm
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I wholeheartedly empathize. I am nearing the end of my PhD, several papers published, and I am still convinced my PI is going to figure out that I'm a fraud and I was just lucky the whole time. It doesn't get much better, but you do gain direct experiences that help squash the feelings (I have a paper published! I presented at a big conference! This scientist I admire didn't rip me a new one during q & a! etc). Good luck at your conference; you're going to do great! ETA: Also, later in your career, getting a new person you can mentor yourself is a big confidence boost, especially when you can answer their questions/assist them in their studies/etc.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I have a theory that imposter syndrome is closely related to your cultural background, and the kind of representation that academics had in art during your formative years.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdgukdhd
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I finished my PhD in 2017 and have been an Assistant Professor since but I still have imposter syndrome. I’m not even comfortable when people call me Dr. ... It will take time but keep doing your best", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Fake it til you make it. The beauty of science is that you're often doing things people haven't done before and it's acceptable to say you don't know if you don't know something or you need to look it up.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdke8vi8
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I finished my PhD in 2017 and have been an Assistant Professor since but I still have imposter syndrome. I’m not even comfortable when people call me Dr. ... It will take time but keep doing your best", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I have a theory that imposter syndrome is closely related to your cultural background, and the kind of representation that academics had in art during your formative years.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdzkf6w6
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I finished my PhD in 2017 and have been an Assistant Professor since but I still have imposter syndrome. I’m not even comfortable when people call me Dr. ... It will take time but keep doing your best", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's not 'you vs curriculum' anymore, it's 'you vs god'. We're all unqualified. Finishing your degree isnt about not feeling this way, it's about doing exactly what you're doing. Pushing forward despite the emotional trauma. As for speaking, if you've done something someone else hasnt done, then you have something to say. There may or may not be pushback, but saying stuff to other smart people is the job. No one is gonna beat you up afterwards, so just do the best job you can, sit down, feel like shit, second guess, and repeat until you graduate. I hate to put it this way, but fuck your feelings. They're a shit barometer of how you're actually doing. Unless you get fired, you're doing fine.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdvr6go2
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Fake it til you make it. The beauty of science is that you're often doing things people haven't done before and it's acceptable to say you don't know if you don't know something or you need to look it up.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I have a theory that imposter syndrome is closely related to your cultural background, and the kind of representation that academics had in art during your formative years.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdbvvj97
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Two things I learned in school and the workforce really helped me out. 1.) A professor telling me to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 2.) A supervisor telling me that science is a process, and a team effort, and that I needed to accept that I would make mistakes, and my team would help me fix them. I've learned that just accepting that I may not be comfortable doing something, whether because I don't think I can do it, or am qualified to do it, leads to me learning far more than only doing that which I know I can do well. Or, as Ms. Frizzle would say, \"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I have a theory that imposter syndrome is closely related to your cultural background, and the kind of representation that academics had in art during your formative years.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdoqag7w
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Two things I learned in school and the workforce really helped me out. 1.) A professor telling me to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 2.) A supervisor telling me that science is a process, and a team effort, and that I needed to accept that I would make mistakes, and my team would help me fix them. I've learned that just accepting that I may not be comfortable doing something, whether because I don't think I can do it, or am qualified to do it, leads to me learning far more than only doing that which I know I can do well. Or, as Ms. Frizzle would say, \"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yeah I graduated with my PhD and I still feel very under qualified. I keep thinking : joke is on them. Despite being so unqualified I keep getting hired to do all these cool things.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd0r4c5p
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Two things I learned in school and the workforce really helped me out. 1.) A professor telling me to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 2.) A supervisor telling me that science is a process, and a team effort, and that I needed to accept that I would make mistakes, and my team would help me fix them. I've learned that just accepting that I may not be comfortable doing something, whether because I don't think I can do it, or am qualified to do it, leads to me learning far more than only doing that which I know I can do well. Or, as Ms. Frizzle would say, \"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It's not 'you vs curriculum' anymore, it's 'you vs god'. We're all unqualified. Finishing your degree isnt about not feeling this way, it's about doing exactly what you're doing. Pushing forward despite the emotional trauma. As for speaking, if you've done something someone else hasnt done, then you have something to say. There may or may not be pushback, but saying stuff to other smart people is the job. No one is gonna beat you up afterwards, so just do the best job you can, sit down, feel like shit, second guess, and repeat until you graduate. I hate to put it this way, but fuck your feelings. They're a shit barometer of how you're actually doing. Unless you get fired, you're doing fine.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd40qavc
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Two things I learned in school and the workforce really helped me out. 1.) A professor telling me to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 2.) A supervisor telling me that science is a process, and a team effort, and that I needed to accept that I would make mistakes, and my team would help me fix them. I've learned that just accepting that I may not be comfortable doing something, whether because I don't think I can do it, or am qualified to do it, leads to me learning far more than only doing that which I know I can do well. Or, as Ms. Frizzle would say, \"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Is this your first conference presentation?! If so congrats! Once you get over the nerves everyone has, it can be really fun and rewarding. Everyone is nervous and apprehensive before their first (several) conference presentations; I still get so nervous during conference presentations that I talk 8,000 miles a minute. Imposter syndrome is always going to be there. I was applying to TT jobs this time last year and reading the admission requirements for the Master's program at a department I was applying to. And I caught myself thinking, \"Oh gosh, I'm not sure I can get into this program...\" and I felt really intimidated for several minutes, until I snapped out of it and realized I already have a masters degree (and a PhD and have done 2 post-docs) and that I was being RIDICULOUS. It just never goes away! The only way to gain experience is by DOING, and that's what I remind myself all the time. If I let my imposter syndrome get the best of me I won't ever DO anything, and then I really won't have the right experience. Participate as much as you can, learn from as many people as you can, and remind yourself that WE ALL feel the same insufficiencies.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd9afop7
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Two things I learned in school and the workforce really helped me out. 1.) A professor telling me to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 2.) A supervisor telling me that science is a process, and a team effort, and that I needed to accept that I would make mistakes, and my team would help me fix them. I've learned that just accepting that I may not be comfortable doing something, whether because I don't think I can do it, or am qualified to do it, leads to me learning far more than only doing that which I know I can do well. Or, as Ms. Frizzle would say, \"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Just in case it helps to hear about others' experiences, check out this article: Common Academic Experiences", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdxsifkf
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Two things I learned in school and the workforce really helped me out. 1.) A professor telling me to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 2.) A supervisor telling me that science is a process, and a team effort, and that I needed to accept that I would make mistakes, and my team would help me fix them. I've learned that just accepting that I may not be comfortable doing something, whether because I don't think I can do it, or am qualified to do it, leads to me learning far more than only doing that which I know I can do well. Or, as Ms. Frizzle would say, \"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Remember that you know more about your own research than anyone else, and it is worth sharing. It does seem that imposter syndrome never goes away, though. I just started a postdoc and boy is it hitting me hard.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd3ro8aq
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Two things I learned in school and the workforce really helped me out. 1.) A professor telling me to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 2.) A supervisor telling me that science is a process, and a team effort, and that I needed to accept that I would make mistakes, and my team would help me fix them. I've learned that just accepting that I may not be comfortable doing something, whether because I don't think I can do it, or am qualified to do it, leads to me learning far more than only doing that which I know I can do well. Or, as Ms. Frizzle would say, \"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think there is a way to mitigate impostor syndrome. And, that is to understand that everyone around you is awesome. And, they know more about some stuff then you do. But, you are also awesome. You are qualified. There is now way you tricked your mentors into thinking you were awesome. They are recommending you to do this stuff because they work closely with you and know you are qualified to do it. Take home message, you will never know everything everyone else knows. But, that is not the purpose of your work. You need to know the work you did, and you do. But, it is ok to not know everything about your work. ​ You will do well. Have faith, You deserve to be where you are.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd8e5t1h
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Two things I learned in school and the workforce really helped me out. 1.) A professor telling me to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 2.) A supervisor telling me that science is a process, and a team effort, and that I needed to accept that I would make mistakes, and my team would help me fix them. I've learned that just accepting that I may not be comfortable doing something, whether because I don't think I can do it, or am qualified to do it, leads to me learning far more than only doing that which I know I can do well. Or, as Ms. Frizzle would say, \"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I am a master's student and have 3 publications yet I feel dumb on a daily basis especially when I foolishly try something in the lab that doesn't work which my supervisors already told me wouldn't work, or pretend to understand X-Ray crystallography data when I don't and tbh, it is difficult even for experienced people especially when dealing with something they haven't seen before. To some extent I believe it has to do with the power dynamic working in research groups. A hierarchy exists and there will always be much more smarter people in your group and much more experienced. Every stupid idea that one may come up with will have been thrown to the trash by the much more experienced people in the group and sharing ideas feels a big deal in group meetings as you fear being coming out as utter dumb in front of the biggies. So it is natural to doubt your own abilities. But as someone else also commented, you know your work better than anyone. Own it. I always find it easy to convey my work as a story. You may not recognize but always coming out as perfect is not the most ideal way rather research is about learning and storytelling is crucial when presenting your work. The parts you struggled with, how you overcame those, a bit of humor here and there always helps. Of course you need to know about your work but never let that get to your head as if that's the only thing that matters. One great thing about discussing your work with others is that may point out something very trivial that you may have missed and help you channelize your work better.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdhhey3n
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Two things I learned in school and the workforce really helped me out. 1.) A professor telling me to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 2.) A supervisor telling me that science is a process, and a team effort, and that I needed to accept that I would make mistakes, and my team would help me fix them. I've learned that just accepting that I may not be comfortable doing something, whether because I don't think I can do it, or am qualified to do it, leads to me learning far more than only doing that which I know I can do well. Or, as Ms. Frizzle would say, \"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It helped me when I realised that my professors didn't know everything. Even when they seemed to have an answer for everything, eventually I realised just how often they were bluffing a bit. Made me feel like it's OK not to know everything, or that there's strength in admitting \"I'm not sure, but I can look it up/ ask someone who would know/ point you in the right direction\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdsq0tpp
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Two things I learned in school and the workforce really helped me out. 1.) A professor telling me to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 2.) A supervisor telling me that science is a process, and a team effort, and that I needed to accept that I would make mistakes, and my team would help me fix them. I've learned that just accepting that I may not be comfortable doing something, whether because I don't think I can do it, or am qualified to do it, leads to me learning far more than only doing that which I know I can do well. Or, as Ms. Frizzle would say, \"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Not in the same STEM field but I felt like I just read something I wrote. It fucking sucks man!!! Sending ya love and encouragement!!", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd4h58i7
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yeah I graduated with my PhD and I still feel very under qualified. I keep thinking : joke is on them. Despite being so unqualified I keep getting hired to do all these cool things.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Is this your first conference presentation?! If so congrats! Once you get over the nerves everyone has, it can be really fun and rewarding. Everyone is nervous and apprehensive before their first (several) conference presentations; I still get so nervous during conference presentations that I talk 8,000 miles a minute. Imposter syndrome is always going to be there. I was applying to TT jobs this time last year and reading the admission requirements for the Master's program at a department I was applying to. And I caught myself thinking, \"Oh gosh, I'm not sure I can get into this program...\" and I felt really intimidated for several minutes, until I snapped out of it and realized I already have a masters degree (and a PhD and have done 2 post-docs) and that I was being RIDICULOUS. It just never goes away! The only way to gain experience is by DOING, and that's what I remind myself all the time. If I let my imposter syndrome get the best of me I won't ever DO anything, and then I really won't have the right experience. Participate as much as you can, learn from as many people as you can, and remind yourself that WE ALL feel the same insufficiencies.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd73ciqt
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yeah I graduated with my PhD and I still feel very under qualified. I keep thinking : joke is on them. Despite being so unqualified I keep getting hired to do all these cool things.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Remember that you know more about your own research than anyone else, and it is worth sharing. It does seem that imposter syndrome never goes away, though. I just started a postdoc and boy is it hitting me hard.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdogv1sk
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yeah I graduated with my PhD and I still feel very under qualified. I keep thinking : joke is on them. Despite being so unqualified I keep getting hired to do all these cool things.", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "It helped me when I realised that my professors didn't know everything. Even when they seemed to have an answer for everything, eventually I realised just how often they were bluffing a bit. Made me feel like it's OK not to know everything, or that there's strength in admitting \"I'm not sure, but I can look it up/ ask someone who would know/ point you in the right direction\"", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd3thfxl
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good news - it's not going away! I just got tenure and I still feel it. For me a big issue is perfectionism - if it wasn't for deadlines I would constantly revise everything I do. Impostor syndrome feeds on your thoughts of how improvements could be made. It can be a very useful self-editing tool, but balancing self-confidence and impostor syndrome is one of the nuances of being a young woman in academia* *source: personal experience, part of which makes me feel as though I should cite all definitive statements", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Is this your first conference presentation?! If so congrats! Once you get over the nerves everyone has, it can be really fun and rewarding. Everyone is nervous and apprehensive before their first (several) conference presentations; I still get so nervous during conference presentations that I talk 8,000 miles a minute. Imposter syndrome is always going to be there. I was applying to TT jobs this time last year and reading the admission requirements for the Master's program at a department I was applying to. And I caught myself thinking, \"Oh gosh, I'm not sure I can get into this program...\" and I felt really intimidated for several minutes, until I snapped out of it and realized I already have a masters degree (and a PhD and have done 2 post-docs) and that I was being RIDICULOUS. It just never goes away! The only way to gain experience is by DOING, and that's what I remind myself all the time. If I let my imposter syndrome get the best of me I won't ever DO anything, and then I really won't have the right experience. Participate as much as you can, learn from as many people as you can, and remind yourself that WE ALL feel the same insufficiencies.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd9onauy
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good news - it's not going away! I just got tenure and I still feel it. For me a big issue is perfectionism - if it wasn't for deadlines I would constantly revise everything I do. Impostor syndrome feeds on your thoughts of how improvements could be made. It can be a very useful self-editing tool, but balancing self-confidence and impostor syndrome is one of the nuances of being a young woman in academia* *source: personal experience, part of which makes me feel as though I should cite all definitive statements", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Just in case it helps to hear about others' experiences, check out this article: Common Academic Experiences", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxdagitn0
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good news - it's not going away! I just got tenure and I still feel it. For me a big issue is perfectionism - if it wasn't for deadlines I would constantly revise everything I do. Impostor syndrome feeds on your thoughts of how improvements could be made. It can be a very useful self-editing tool, but balancing self-confidence and impostor syndrome is one of the nuances of being a young woman in academia* *source: personal experience, part of which makes me feel as though I should cite all definitive statements", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Remember that you know more about your own research than anyone else, and it is worth sharing. It does seem that imposter syndrome never goes away, though. I just started a postdoc and boy is it hitting me hard.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd5h2c8v
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good news - it's not going away! I just got tenure and I still feel it. For me a big issue is perfectionism - if it wasn't for deadlines I would constantly revise everything I do. Impostor syndrome feeds on your thoughts of how improvements could be made. It can be a very useful self-editing tool, but balancing self-confidence and impostor syndrome is one of the nuances of being a young woman in academia* *source: personal experience, part of which makes me feel as though I should cite all definitive statements", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I think there is a way to mitigate impostor syndrome. And, that is to understand that everyone around you is awesome. And, they know more about some stuff then you do. But, you are also awesome. You are qualified. There is now way you tricked your mentors into thinking you were awesome. They are recommending you to do this stuff because they work closely with you and know you are qualified to do it. Take home message, you will never know everything everyone else knows. But, that is not the purpose of your work. You need to know the work you did, and you do. But, it is ok to not know everything about your work. ​ You will do well. Have faith, You deserve to be where you are.", "role": "assistant" } ]
i9taxd2j3mbk
imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Good news - it's not going away! I just got tenure and I still feel it. For me a big issue is perfectionism - if it wasn't for deadlines I would constantly revise everything I do. Impostor syndrome feeds on your thoughts of how improvements could be made. It can be a very useful self-editing tool, but balancing self-confidence and impostor syndrome is one of the nuances of being a young woman in academia* *source: personal experience, part of which makes me feel as though I should cite all definitive statements", "role": "assistant" } ]
[ { "content": "imposter syndrome is a blast Can we talk about imposter syndrome and navigating academia in STEM as a young woman? I feel drastically under-qualified doing nearly everything my mentors encourage me to do. I do the things anyway, but the discomfort doesn't seem to dissipate the further I get. ​ But also, I am a second year grad student, highest degree BA, presenting at a medical conference in November, presenting among all other MDs. How the fuck am I supposed to feel about this D:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "I am a master's student and have 3 publications yet I feel dumb on a daily basis especially when I foolishly try something in the lab that doesn't work which my supervisors already told me wouldn't work, or pretend to understand X-Ray crystallography data when I don't and tbh, it is difficult even for experienced people especially when dealing with something they haven't seen before. To some extent I believe it has to do with the power dynamic working in research groups. A hierarchy exists and there will always be much more smarter people in your group and much more experienced. Every stupid idea that one may come up with will have been thrown to the trash by the much more experienced people in the group and sharing ideas feels a big deal in group meetings as you fear being coming out as utter dumb in front of the biggies. So it is natural to doubt your own abilities. But as someone else also commented, you know your work better than anyone. Own it. I always find it easy to convey my work as a story. You may not recognize but always coming out as perfect is not the most ideal way rather research is about learning and storytelling is crucial when presenting your work. The parts you struggled with, how you overcame those, a bit of humor here and there always helps. Of course you need to know about your work but never let that get to your head as if that's the only thing that matters. One great thing about discussing your work with others is that may point out something very trivial that you may have missed and help you channelize your work better.", "role": "assistant" } ]