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b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnio9 | ejcurpr | 1,553,533,793 | 1,553,538,467 | 46 | 89 | I did a lot of work on spherical robots (before Star Wars came out), and I still get people emailing me about BB8. | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | 0 | 4,674 | 1.934783 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcurpr | ejcpkh4 | 1,553,538,467 | 1,553,535,113 | 89 | 42 | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | Condensed matter physics. There's one very persistent guy emailing everybody and their mother about how the 2010 Nobel price in physics (for the discovery of graphene) was "stolen". The strange thing is that the guy is very insistent, knows how to fake emails from reputable scientists/institutions, has access to a bot net in order to spam emails, and has the knowledge to effectively get past automated spam filters - yet his writing and grammar are so horrendous, I don't even understand what his argument is. I think his pages and pages of incoherent rambling can be condensed to "How come those guys got the Nobel for graphene, yet we haven't even used it for anything yet?? Where are the applications they promised??". It's very strange. | 1 | 3,354 | 2.119048 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcobh4 | ejcurpr | 1,553,534,310 | 1,553,538,467 | 35 | 89 | Political Science. Right-wing, left-wing, every branch of near-fanatic political ideology. Class arguments between democratic socialists, strict libertarians, and one student who believes the best system is a benevolent autocracy. Everyone seems to be extreme in other beliefs as well, religious/historical/veganism. Especially since presidential election 2016, it's been rough. ​ | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | 0 | 4,157 | 2.542857 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcoo5q | ejcurpr | 1,553,534,536 | 1,553,538,467 | 36 | 89 | I'm in clinical psychopharmacology; I conduct human lab studies investigating various adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. driving impairment, cognitive performance impairment). We actually get some very well-informed and well-reasoned cannabis advocates who provide some much-needed perspective in the field. On the other hand, we also get a number of emails or voicemails from people who are clearly stoned and not very well educated at all who want to offer us opinions on how to improve our research. | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | 0 | 3,931 | 2.472222 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcurpr | ejco7iq | 1,553,538,467 | 1,553,534,239 | 89 | 34 | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | 1 | 4,228 | 2.617647 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcu8fp | ejcurpr | 1,553,538,120 | 1,553,538,467 | 32 | 89 | Genetics somehow comes with antivaxers, I learned. *sighhhhh* | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | 0 | 347 | 2.78125 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcpfwe | ejcnk3f | 1,553,535,032 | 1,553,533,818 | 70 | 68 | Special Education in an urban areas: We get a lot of “poor them” people who are all about inspiration porn. We also have the urban savior (usually white, middle class). And then occasionally the total crack pots who mention horrific actions they have taken in their classrooms as if they are the norm. In the field as a whole (but not in my higher ed program anyway) we now have a huge group of “reformists” who know nothing about child psychology, evidence based practices or teaching and learning history, research and pedagogy but “know that they can fix schools if we all just....” | Assyriology, Sumerology, and Biblical Studies. Anything from Ancient Aliens folks to biblical fundamentalists to Atheist fundamentalists. Absolute insanity. | 1 | 1,214 | 1.029412 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcmrmy | ejcpfwe | 1,553,533,294 | 1,553,535,032 | 57 | 70 | Libertarians. CS PhD. It's.... upsetting | Special Education in an urban areas: We get a lot of “poor them” people who are all about inspiration porn. We also have the urban savior (usually white, middle class). And then occasionally the total crack pots who mention horrific actions they have taken in their classrooms as if they are the norm. In the field as a whole (but not in my higher ed program anyway) we now have a huge group of “reformists” who know nothing about child psychology, evidence based practices or teaching and learning history, research and pedagogy but “know that they can fix schools if we all just....” | 0 | 1,738 | 1.22807 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcms3f | ejcpfwe | 1,553,533,302 | 1,553,535,032 | 56 | 70 | Anthropology/human evolution/fossils. I get angry Creationists and the “is this totally normal rock I found in my back yard a precious fossil?” types. The latter is usually accompanied by a blurry, low resolution photo of said rock. | Special Education in an urban areas: We get a lot of “poor them” people who are all about inspiration porn. We also have the urban savior (usually white, middle class). And then occasionally the total crack pots who mention horrific actions they have taken in their classrooms as if they are the norm. In the field as a whole (but not in my higher ed program anyway) we now have a huge group of “reformists” who know nothing about child psychology, evidence based practices or teaching and learning history, research and pedagogy but “know that they can fix schools if we all just....” | 0 | 1,730 | 1.25 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcpfwe | ejcnuid | 1,553,535,032 | 1,553,534,005 | 70 | 60 | Special Education in an urban areas: We get a lot of “poor them” people who are all about inspiration porn. We also have the urban savior (usually white, middle class). And then occasionally the total crack pots who mention horrific actions they have taken in their classrooms as if they are the norm. In the field as a whole (but not in my higher ed program anyway) we now have a huge group of “reformists” who know nothing about child psychology, evidence based practices or teaching and learning history, research and pedagogy but “know that they can fix schools if we all just....” | The people who just saw their first abstract painting (or god forbid, found out how much an abstract painting sold for at auction) and want to tell us that we are either all delusional or in a conspiracy against "true" art. | 1 | 1,027 | 1.166667 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcpfwe | ejcoqy4 | 1,553,535,032 | 1,553,534,584 | 70 | 55 | Special Education in an urban areas: We get a lot of “poor them” people who are all about inspiration porn. We also have the urban savior (usually white, middle class). And then occasionally the total crack pots who mention horrific actions they have taken in their classrooms as if they are the norm. In the field as a whole (but not in my higher ed program anyway) we now have a huge group of “reformists” who know nothing about child psychology, evidence based practices or teaching and learning history, research and pedagogy but “know that they can fix schools if we all just....” | If you work in a geology department expect lots of excited emails and occasional drop-ins by someone who is super-anxious to know how much the "meteorite" they just found on their property is worth. (The answer is that it's slag; it's always slag.) | 1 | 448 | 1.272727 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcm9le | ejcpfwe | 1,553,532,973 | 1,553,535,032 | 52 | 70 | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | Special Education in an urban areas: We get a lot of “poor them” people who are all about inspiration porn. We also have the urban savior (usually white, middle class). And then occasionally the total crack pots who mention horrific actions they have taken in their classrooms as if they are the norm. In the field as a whole (but not in my higher ed program anyway) we now have a huge group of “reformists” who know nothing about child psychology, evidence based practices or teaching and learning history, research and pedagogy but “know that they can fix schools if we all just....” | 0 | 2,059 | 1.346154 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnio9 | ejcpfwe | 1,553,533,793 | 1,553,535,032 | 46 | 70 | I did a lot of work on spherical robots (before Star Wars came out), and I still get people emailing me about BB8. | Special Education in an urban areas: We get a lot of “poor them” people who are all about inspiration porn. We also have the urban savior (usually white, middle class). And then occasionally the total crack pots who mention horrific actions they have taken in their classrooms as if they are the norm. In the field as a whole (but not in my higher ed program anyway) we now have a huge group of “reformists” who know nothing about child psychology, evidence based practices or teaching and learning history, research and pedagogy but “know that they can fix schools if we all just....” | 0 | 1,239 | 1.521739 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcobh4 | ejcpfwe | 1,553,534,310 | 1,553,535,032 | 35 | 70 | Political Science. Right-wing, left-wing, every branch of near-fanatic political ideology. Class arguments between democratic socialists, strict libertarians, and one student who believes the best system is a benevolent autocracy. Everyone seems to be extreme in other beliefs as well, religious/historical/veganism. Especially since presidential election 2016, it's been rough. ​ | Special Education in an urban areas: We get a lot of “poor them” people who are all about inspiration porn. We also have the urban savior (usually white, middle class). And then occasionally the total crack pots who mention horrific actions they have taken in their classrooms as if they are the norm. In the field as a whole (but not in my higher ed program anyway) we now have a huge group of “reformists” who know nothing about child psychology, evidence based practices or teaching and learning history, research and pedagogy but “know that they can fix schools if we all just....” | 0 | 722 | 2 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcpfwe | ejcoo5q | 1,553,535,032 | 1,553,534,536 | 70 | 36 | Special Education in an urban areas: We get a lot of “poor them” people who are all about inspiration porn. We also have the urban savior (usually white, middle class). And then occasionally the total crack pots who mention horrific actions they have taken in their classrooms as if they are the norm. In the field as a whole (but not in my higher ed program anyway) we now have a huge group of “reformists” who know nothing about child psychology, evidence based practices or teaching and learning history, research and pedagogy but “know that they can fix schools if we all just....” | I'm in clinical psychopharmacology; I conduct human lab studies investigating various adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. driving impairment, cognitive performance impairment). We actually get some very well-informed and well-reasoned cannabis advocates who provide some much-needed perspective in the field. On the other hand, we also get a number of emails or voicemails from people who are clearly stoned and not very well educated at all who want to offer us opinions on how to improve our research. | 1 | 496 | 1.944444 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcpfwe | ejco7iq | 1,553,535,032 | 1,553,534,239 | 70 | 34 | Special Education in an urban areas: We get a lot of “poor them” people who are all about inspiration porn. We also have the urban savior (usually white, middle class). And then occasionally the total crack pots who mention horrific actions they have taken in their classrooms as if they are the norm. In the field as a whole (but not in my higher ed program anyway) we now have a huge group of “reformists” who know nothing about child psychology, evidence based practices or teaching and learning history, research and pedagogy but “know that they can fix schools if we all just....” | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | 1 | 793 | 2.058824 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnk3f | ejcmrmy | 1,553,533,818 | 1,553,533,294 | 68 | 57 | Assyriology, Sumerology, and Biblical Studies. Anything from Ancient Aliens folks to biblical fundamentalists to Atheist fundamentalists. Absolute insanity. | Libertarians. CS PhD. It's.... upsetting | 1 | 524 | 1.192982 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnk3f | ejcms3f | 1,553,533,818 | 1,553,533,302 | 68 | 56 | Assyriology, Sumerology, and Biblical Studies. Anything from Ancient Aliens folks to biblical fundamentalists to Atheist fundamentalists. Absolute insanity. | Anthropology/human evolution/fossils. I get angry Creationists and the “is this totally normal rock I found in my back yard a precious fossil?” types. The latter is usually accompanied by a blurry, low resolution photo of said rock. | 1 | 516 | 1.214286 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcm9le | ejcnk3f | 1,553,532,973 | 1,553,533,818 | 52 | 68 | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | Assyriology, Sumerology, and Biblical Studies. Anything from Ancient Aliens folks to biblical fundamentalists to Atheist fundamentalists. Absolute insanity. | 0 | 845 | 1.307692 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnk3f | ejcnio9 | 1,553,533,818 | 1,553,533,793 | 68 | 46 | Assyriology, Sumerology, and Biblical Studies. Anything from Ancient Aliens folks to biblical fundamentalists to Atheist fundamentalists. Absolute insanity. | I did a lot of work on spherical robots (before Star Wars came out), and I still get people emailing me about BB8. | 1 | 25 | 1.478261 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcsbmc | ejcmrmy | 1,553,536,877 | 1,553,533,294 | 66 | 57 | Three kinds of cranks attracted to archaeology: 1) the old fogeys who go to your public lecture "I have a question, interesting talk by the way. When I was young (some long story about how adventurous they used to be and how them and their friends found a shipwreck or cave painting, with no question at the end)." Includes the old fogeys who have a long winded story that culminates in them trying to entice you into researching or accessioning some run of the mill vintage thing they own. 2) the noble savage adherents. While it's great to have the general public engaged in indigenous archaeology, plenty of people take it a bit far and seem to believe indigenous people have mystical powers and magical connections to nature. This can be a damaging stereotype just as much as more negative stereotypes. 3) the conspiracy theorists who watch ancient aliens or Nazi grave hunters or whatever. Thankfully not as common as you might think. | Libertarians. CS PhD. It's.... upsetting | 1 | 3,583 | 1.157895 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcms3f | ejcsbmc | 1,553,533,302 | 1,553,536,877 | 56 | 66 | Anthropology/human evolution/fossils. I get angry Creationists and the “is this totally normal rock I found in my back yard a precious fossil?” types. The latter is usually accompanied by a blurry, low resolution photo of said rock. | Three kinds of cranks attracted to archaeology: 1) the old fogeys who go to your public lecture "I have a question, interesting talk by the way. When I was young (some long story about how adventurous they used to be and how them and their friends found a shipwreck or cave painting, with no question at the end)." Includes the old fogeys who have a long winded story that culminates in them trying to entice you into researching or accessioning some run of the mill vintage thing they own. 2) the noble savage adherents. While it's great to have the general public engaged in indigenous archaeology, plenty of people take it a bit far and seem to believe indigenous people have mystical powers and magical connections to nature. This can be a damaging stereotype just as much as more negative stereotypes. 3) the conspiracy theorists who watch ancient aliens or Nazi grave hunters or whatever. Thankfully not as common as you might think. | 0 | 3,575 | 1.178571 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnuid | ejcsbmc | 1,553,534,005 | 1,553,536,877 | 60 | 66 | The people who just saw their first abstract painting (or god forbid, found out how much an abstract painting sold for at auction) and want to tell us that we are either all delusional or in a conspiracy against "true" art. | Three kinds of cranks attracted to archaeology: 1) the old fogeys who go to your public lecture "I have a question, interesting talk by the way. When I was young (some long story about how adventurous they used to be and how them and their friends found a shipwreck or cave painting, with no question at the end)." Includes the old fogeys who have a long winded story that culminates in them trying to entice you into researching or accessioning some run of the mill vintage thing they own. 2) the noble savage adherents. While it's great to have the general public engaged in indigenous archaeology, plenty of people take it a bit far and seem to believe indigenous people have mystical powers and magical connections to nature. This can be a damaging stereotype just as much as more negative stereotypes. 3) the conspiracy theorists who watch ancient aliens or Nazi grave hunters or whatever. Thankfully not as common as you might think. | 0 | 2,872 | 1.1 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcsbmc | ejcoqy4 | 1,553,536,877 | 1,553,534,584 | 66 | 55 | Three kinds of cranks attracted to archaeology: 1) the old fogeys who go to your public lecture "I have a question, interesting talk by the way. When I was young (some long story about how adventurous they used to be and how them and their friends found a shipwreck or cave painting, with no question at the end)." Includes the old fogeys who have a long winded story that culminates in them trying to entice you into researching or accessioning some run of the mill vintage thing they own. 2) the noble savage adherents. While it's great to have the general public engaged in indigenous archaeology, plenty of people take it a bit far and seem to believe indigenous people have mystical powers and magical connections to nature. This can be a damaging stereotype just as much as more negative stereotypes. 3) the conspiracy theorists who watch ancient aliens or Nazi grave hunters or whatever. Thankfully not as common as you might think. | If you work in a geology department expect lots of excited emails and occasional drop-ins by someone who is super-anxious to know how much the "meteorite" they just found on their property is worth. (The answer is that it's slag; it's always slag.) | 1 | 2,293 | 1.2 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcm9le | ejcsbmc | 1,553,532,973 | 1,553,536,877 | 52 | 66 | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | Three kinds of cranks attracted to archaeology: 1) the old fogeys who go to your public lecture "I have a question, interesting talk by the way. When I was young (some long story about how adventurous they used to be and how them and their friends found a shipwreck or cave painting, with no question at the end)." Includes the old fogeys who have a long winded story that culminates in them trying to entice you into researching or accessioning some run of the mill vintage thing they own. 2) the noble savage adherents. While it's great to have the general public engaged in indigenous archaeology, plenty of people take it a bit far and seem to believe indigenous people have mystical powers and magical connections to nature. This can be a damaging stereotype just as much as more negative stereotypes. 3) the conspiracy theorists who watch ancient aliens or Nazi grave hunters or whatever. Thankfully not as common as you might think. | 0 | 3,904 | 1.269231 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnio9 | ejcsbmc | 1,553,533,793 | 1,553,536,877 | 46 | 66 | I did a lot of work on spherical robots (before Star Wars came out), and I still get people emailing me about BB8. | Three kinds of cranks attracted to archaeology: 1) the old fogeys who go to your public lecture "I have a question, interesting talk by the way. When I was young (some long story about how adventurous they used to be and how them and their friends found a shipwreck or cave painting, with no question at the end)." Includes the old fogeys who have a long winded story that culminates in them trying to entice you into researching or accessioning some run of the mill vintage thing they own. 2) the noble savage adherents. While it's great to have the general public engaged in indigenous archaeology, plenty of people take it a bit far and seem to believe indigenous people have mystical powers and magical connections to nature. This can be a damaging stereotype just as much as more negative stereotypes. 3) the conspiracy theorists who watch ancient aliens or Nazi grave hunters or whatever. Thankfully not as common as you might think. | 0 | 3,084 | 1.434783 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcsbmc | ejcpkh4 | 1,553,536,877 | 1,553,535,113 | 66 | 42 | Three kinds of cranks attracted to archaeology: 1) the old fogeys who go to your public lecture "I have a question, interesting talk by the way. When I was young (some long story about how adventurous they used to be and how them and their friends found a shipwreck or cave painting, with no question at the end)." Includes the old fogeys who have a long winded story that culminates in them trying to entice you into researching or accessioning some run of the mill vintage thing they own. 2) the noble savage adherents. While it's great to have the general public engaged in indigenous archaeology, plenty of people take it a bit far and seem to believe indigenous people have mystical powers and magical connections to nature. This can be a damaging stereotype just as much as more negative stereotypes. 3) the conspiracy theorists who watch ancient aliens or Nazi grave hunters or whatever. Thankfully not as common as you might think. | Condensed matter physics. There's one very persistent guy emailing everybody and their mother about how the 2010 Nobel price in physics (for the discovery of graphene) was "stolen". The strange thing is that the guy is very insistent, knows how to fake emails from reputable scientists/institutions, has access to a bot net in order to spam emails, and has the knowledge to effectively get past automated spam filters - yet his writing and grammar are so horrendous, I don't even understand what his argument is. I think his pages and pages of incoherent rambling can be condensed to "How come those guys got the Nobel for graphene, yet we haven't even used it for anything yet?? Where are the applications they promised??". It's very strange. | 1 | 1,764 | 1.571429 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcobh4 | ejcsbmc | 1,553,534,310 | 1,553,536,877 | 35 | 66 | Political Science. Right-wing, left-wing, every branch of near-fanatic political ideology. Class arguments between democratic socialists, strict libertarians, and one student who believes the best system is a benevolent autocracy. Everyone seems to be extreme in other beliefs as well, religious/historical/veganism. Especially since presidential election 2016, it's been rough. ​ | Three kinds of cranks attracted to archaeology: 1) the old fogeys who go to your public lecture "I have a question, interesting talk by the way. When I was young (some long story about how adventurous they used to be and how them and their friends found a shipwreck or cave painting, with no question at the end)." Includes the old fogeys who have a long winded story that culminates in them trying to entice you into researching or accessioning some run of the mill vintage thing they own. 2) the noble savage adherents. While it's great to have the general public engaged in indigenous archaeology, plenty of people take it a bit far and seem to believe indigenous people have mystical powers and magical connections to nature. This can be a damaging stereotype just as much as more negative stereotypes. 3) the conspiracy theorists who watch ancient aliens or Nazi grave hunters or whatever. Thankfully not as common as you might think. | 0 | 2,567 | 1.885714 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcsbmc | ejcoo5q | 1,553,536,877 | 1,553,534,536 | 66 | 36 | Three kinds of cranks attracted to archaeology: 1) the old fogeys who go to your public lecture "I have a question, interesting talk by the way. When I was young (some long story about how adventurous they used to be and how them and their friends found a shipwreck or cave painting, with no question at the end)." Includes the old fogeys who have a long winded story that culminates in them trying to entice you into researching or accessioning some run of the mill vintage thing they own. 2) the noble savage adherents. While it's great to have the general public engaged in indigenous archaeology, plenty of people take it a bit far and seem to believe indigenous people have mystical powers and magical connections to nature. This can be a damaging stereotype just as much as more negative stereotypes. 3) the conspiracy theorists who watch ancient aliens or Nazi grave hunters or whatever. Thankfully not as common as you might think. | I'm in clinical psychopharmacology; I conduct human lab studies investigating various adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. driving impairment, cognitive performance impairment). We actually get some very well-informed and well-reasoned cannabis advocates who provide some much-needed perspective in the field. On the other hand, we also get a number of emails or voicemails from people who are clearly stoned and not very well educated at all who want to offer us opinions on how to improve our research. | 1 | 2,341 | 1.833333 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco7iq | ejcsbmc | 1,553,534,239 | 1,553,536,877 | 34 | 66 | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | Three kinds of cranks attracted to archaeology: 1) the old fogeys who go to your public lecture "I have a question, interesting talk by the way. When I was young (some long story about how adventurous they used to be and how them and their friends found a shipwreck or cave painting, with no question at the end)." Includes the old fogeys who have a long winded story that culminates in them trying to entice you into researching or accessioning some run of the mill vintage thing they own. 2) the noble savage adherents. While it's great to have the general public engaged in indigenous archaeology, plenty of people take it a bit far and seem to believe indigenous people have mystical powers and magical connections to nature. This can be a damaging stereotype just as much as more negative stereotypes. 3) the conspiracy theorists who watch ancient aliens or Nazi grave hunters or whatever. Thankfully not as common as you might think. | 0 | 2,638 | 1.941176 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnuid | ejcmrmy | 1,553,534,005 | 1,553,533,294 | 60 | 57 | The people who just saw their first abstract painting (or god forbid, found out how much an abstract painting sold for at auction) and want to tell us that we are either all delusional or in a conspiracy against "true" art. | Libertarians. CS PhD. It's.... upsetting | 1 | 711 | 1.052632 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcmrmy | ejcm9le | 1,553,533,294 | 1,553,532,973 | 57 | 52 | Libertarians. CS PhD. It's.... upsetting | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | 1 | 321 | 1.096154 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnuid | ejcms3f | 1,553,534,005 | 1,553,533,302 | 60 | 56 | The people who just saw their first abstract painting (or god forbid, found out how much an abstract painting sold for at auction) and want to tell us that we are either all delusional or in a conspiracy against "true" art. | Anthropology/human evolution/fossils. I get angry Creationists and the “is this totally normal rock I found in my back yard a precious fossil?” types. The latter is usually accompanied by a blurry, low resolution photo of said rock. | 1 | 703 | 1.071429 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcm9le | ejcms3f | 1,553,532,973 | 1,553,533,302 | 52 | 56 | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | Anthropology/human evolution/fossils. I get angry Creationists and the “is this totally normal rock I found in my back yard a precious fossil?” types. The latter is usually accompanied by a blurry, low resolution photo of said rock. | 0 | 329 | 1.076923 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnuid | ejcm9le | 1,553,534,005 | 1,553,532,973 | 60 | 52 | The people who just saw their first abstract painting (or god forbid, found out how much an abstract painting sold for at auction) and want to tell us that we are either all delusional or in a conspiracy against "true" art. | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | 1 | 1,032 | 1.153846 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnuid | ejcnio9 | 1,553,534,005 | 1,553,533,793 | 60 | 46 | The people who just saw their first abstract painting (or god forbid, found out how much an abstract painting sold for at auction) and want to tell us that we are either all delusional or in a conspiracy against "true" art. | I did a lot of work on spherical robots (before Star Wars came out), and I still get people emailing me about BB8. | 1 | 212 | 1.304348 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcoqy4 | ejcm9le | 1,553,534,584 | 1,553,532,973 | 55 | 52 | If you work in a geology department expect lots of excited emails and occasional drop-ins by someone who is super-anxious to know how much the "meteorite" they just found on their property is worth. (The answer is that it's slag; it's always slag.) | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | 1 | 1,611 | 1.057692 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnio9 | ejcoqy4 | 1,553,533,793 | 1,553,534,584 | 46 | 55 | I did a lot of work on spherical robots (before Star Wars came out), and I still get people emailing me about BB8. | If you work in a geology department expect lots of excited emails and occasional drop-ins by someone who is super-anxious to know how much the "meteorite" they just found on their property is worth. (The answer is that it's slag; it's always slag.) | 0 | 791 | 1.195652 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcobh4 | ejcoqy4 | 1,553,534,310 | 1,553,534,584 | 35 | 55 | Political Science. Right-wing, left-wing, every branch of near-fanatic political ideology. Class arguments between democratic socialists, strict libertarians, and one student who believes the best system is a benevolent autocracy. Everyone seems to be extreme in other beliefs as well, religious/historical/veganism. Especially since presidential election 2016, it's been rough. ​ | If you work in a geology department expect lots of excited emails and occasional drop-ins by someone who is super-anxious to know how much the "meteorite" they just found on their property is worth. (The answer is that it's slag; it's always slag.) | 0 | 274 | 1.571429 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcoo5q | ejcoqy4 | 1,553,534,536 | 1,553,534,584 | 36 | 55 | I'm in clinical psychopharmacology; I conduct human lab studies investigating various adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. driving impairment, cognitive performance impairment). We actually get some very well-informed and well-reasoned cannabis advocates who provide some much-needed perspective in the field. On the other hand, we also get a number of emails or voicemails from people who are clearly stoned and not very well educated at all who want to offer us opinions on how to improve our research. | If you work in a geology department expect lots of excited emails and occasional drop-ins by someone who is super-anxious to know how much the "meteorite" they just found on their property is worth. (The answer is that it's slag; it's always slag.) | 0 | 48 | 1.527778 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco7iq | ejcoqy4 | 1,553,534,239 | 1,553,534,584 | 34 | 55 | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | If you work in a geology department expect lots of excited emails and occasional drop-ins by someone who is super-anxious to know how much the "meteorite" they just found on their property is worth. (The answer is that it's slag; it's always slag.) | 0 | 345 | 1.617647 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcygz1 | ejcnio9 | 1,553,541,028 | 1,553,533,793 | 48 | 46 | English. Everyone telling me how much they hated HS English? Like it’s my fault? | I did a lot of work on spherical robots (before Star Wars came out), and I still get people emailing me about BB8. | 1 | 7,235 | 1.043478 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcpkh4 | ejcygz1 | 1,553,535,113 | 1,553,541,028 | 42 | 48 | Condensed matter physics. There's one very persistent guy emailing everybody and their mother about how the 2010 Nobel price in physics (for the discovery of graphene) was "stolen". The strange thing is that the guy is very insistent, knows how to fake emails from reputable scientists/institutions, has access to a bot net in order to spam emails, and has the knowledge to effectively get past automated spam filters - yet his writing and grammar are so horrendous, I don't even understand what his argument is. I think his pages and pages of incoherent rambling can be condensed to "How come those guys got the Nobel for graphene, yet we haven't even used it for anything yet?? Where are the applications they promised??". It's very strange. | English. Everyone telling me how much they hated HS English? Like it’s my fault? | 0 | 5,915 | 1.142857 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcygz1 | ejcobh4 | 1,553,541,028 | 1,553,534,310 | 48 | 35 | English. Everyone telling me how much they hated HS English? Like it’s my fault? | Political Science. Right-wing, left-wing, every branch of near-fanatic political ideology. Class arguments between democratic socialists, strict libertarians, and one student who believes the best system is a benevolent autocracy. Everyone seems to be extreme in other beliefs as well, religious/historical/veganism. Especially since presidential election 2016, it's been rough. ​ | 1 | 6,718 | 1.371429 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcygz1 | ejcoo5q | 1,553,541,028 | 1,553,534,536 | 48 | 36 | English. Everyone telling me how much they hated HS English? Like it’s my fault? | I'm in clinical psychopharmacology; I conduct human lab studies investigating various adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. driving impairment, cognitive performance impairment). We actually get some very well-informed and well-reasoned cannabis advocates who provide some much-needed perspective in the field. On the other hand, we also get a number of emails or voicemails from people who are clearly stoned and not very well educated at all who want to offer us opinions on how to improve our research. | 1 | 6,492 | 1.333333 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco7iq | ejcygz1 | 1,553,534,239 | 1,553,541,028 | 34 | 48 | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | English. Everyone telling me how much they hated HS English? Like it’s my fault? | 0 | 6,789 | 1.411765 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcygz1 | ejcu8fp | 1,553,541,028 | 1,553,538,120 | 48 | 32 | English. Everyone telling me how much they hated HS English? Like it’s my fault? | Genetics somehow comes with antivaxers, I learned. *sighhhhh* | 1 | 2,908 | 1.5 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcygz1 | ejcw7h2 | 1,553,541,028 | 1,553,539,526 | 48 | 30 | English. Everyone telling me how much they hated HS English? Like it’s my fault? | Astronomer here! We definitely get a ton, and at least a month I will get one crackpot email which is usually mass emailed to everyone in the department. The most (in)famous guy in astronomy is a dedicated Hungarian named Gabor, who will email every department convinced we are hiding the truth, and saying stuff like "you have one month to respond and repent and then I will report every member of the department to the FBI for ***FRAUD!!!***" and hide things in the messages to see if you are reading them, and then harass you even more. Funny thing is now that I've typed this out, I don't think I actually remember what Gabor's theory is! The most common ones btw are things like electric universe (gravity isn't real, in fact it's all electromagnetism), problems in general with relativity, and other theories in astrophysics like that. We don't really get Flat Earthers harassing my department, but I do have a colleague in another department where they had to ban a man from campus who kept coming to the dept and harassing the astronomy professors for not agreeing with Flat Earth (and, it turned out once notes were compared, sexually harassing the students). I am moving to Harvard this fall for a postdoc and highly suspect the crackpot emails will increase the moment I have that email address! | 1 | 1,502 | 1.6 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcobh4 | ejcpkh4 | 1,553,534,310 | 1,553,535,113 | 35 | 42 | Political Science. Right-wing, left-wing, every branch of near-fanatic political ideology. Class arguments between democratic socialists, strict libertarians, and one student who believes the best system is a benevolent autocracy. Everyone seems to be extreme in other beliefs as well, religious/historical/veganism. Especially since presidential election 2016, it's been rough. ​ | Condensed matter physics. There's one very persistent guy emailing everybody and their mother about how the 2010 Nobel price in physics (for the discovery of graphene) was "stolen". The strange thing is that the guy is very insistent, knows how to fake emails from reputable scientists/institutions, has access to a bot net in order to spam emails, and has the knowledge to effectively get past automated spam filters - yet his writing and grammar are so horrendous, I don't even understand what his argument is. I think his pages and pages of incoherent rambling can be condensed to "How come those guys got the Nobel for graphene, yet we haven't even used it for anything yet?? Where are the applications they promised??". It's very strange. | 0 | 803 | 1.2 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcpkh4 | ejcoo5q | 1,553,535,113 | 1,553,534,536 | 42 | 36 | Condensed matter physics. There's one very persistent guy emailing everybody and their mother about how the 2010 Nobel price in physics (for the discovery of graphene) was "stolen". The strange thing is that the guy is very insistent, knows how to fake emails from reputable scientists/institutions, has access to a bot net in order to spam emails, and has the knowledge to effectively get past automated spam filters - yet his writing and grammar are so horrendous, I don't even understand what his argument is. I think his pages and pages of incoherent rambling can be condensed to "How come those guys got the Nobel for graphene, yet we haven't even used it for anything yet?? Where are the applications they promised??". It's very strange. | I'm in clinical psychopharmacology; I conduct human lab studies investigating various adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. driving impairment, cognitive performance impairment). We actually get some very well-informed and well-reasoned cannabis advocates who provide some much-needed perspective in the field. On the other hand, we also get a number of emails or voicemails from people who are clearly stoned and not very well educated at all who want to offer us opinions on how to improve our research. | 1 | 577 | 1.166667 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcpkh4 | ejco7iq | 1,553,535,113 | 1,553,534,239 | 42 | 34 | Condensed matter physics. There's one very persistent guy emailing everybody and their mother about how the 2010 Nobel price in physics (for the discovery of graphene) was "stolen". The strange thing is that the guy is very insistent, knows how to fake emails from reputable scientists/institutions, has access to a bot net in order to spam emails, and has the knowledge to effectively get past automated spam filters - yet his writing and grammar are so horrendous, I don't even understand what his argument is. I think his pages and pages of incoherent rambling can be condensed to "How come those guys got the Nobel for graphene, yet we haven't even used it for anything yet?? Where are the applications they promised??". It's very strange. | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | 1 | 874 | 1.235294 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcobh4 | ejd2rmt | 1,553,534,310 | 1,553,543,729 | 35 | 39 | Political Science. Right-wing, left-wing, every branch of near-fanatic political ideology. Class arguments between democratic socialists, strict libertarians, and one student who believes the best system is a benevolent autocracy. Everyone seems to be extreme in other beliefs as well, religious/historical/veganism. Especially since presidential election 2016, it's been rough. ​ | Classics. White supremacists with a fetish for (their warped idea of) Greek and Roman culture. | 0 | 9,419 | 1.114286 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcoo5q | ejcobh4 | 1,553,534,536 | 1,553,534,310 | 36 | 35 | I'm in clinical psychopharmacology; I conduct human lab studies investigating various adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. driving impairment, cognitive performance impairment). We actually get some very well-informed and well-reasoned cannabis advocates who provide some much-needed perspective in the field. On the other hand, we also get a number of emails or voicemails from people who are clearly stoned and not very well educated at all who want to offer us opinions on how to improve our research. | Political Science. Right-wing, left-wing, every branch of near-fanatic political ideology. Class arguments between democratic socialists, strict libertarians, and one student who believes the best system is a benevolent autocracy. Everyone seems to be extreme in other beliefs as well, religious/historical/veganism. Especially since presidential election 2016, it's been rough. ​ | 1 | 226 | 1.028571 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcobh4 | ejd1nbi | 1,553,534,310 | 1,553,543,038 | 35 | 38 | Political Science. Right-wing, left-wing, every branch of near-fanatic political ideology. Class arguments between democratic socialists, strict libertarians, and one student who believes the best system is a benevolent autocracy. Everyone seems to be extreme in other beliefs as well, religious/historical/veganism. Especially since presidential election 2016, it's been rough. ​ | "Oh so you're a debate coach? How about you debate ME on this subject?" Fuck off, I'm off the clock. | 0 | 8,728 | 1.085714 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcobh4 | ejco7iq | 1,553,534,310 | 1,553,534,239 | 35 | 34 | Political Science. Right-wing, left-wing, every branch of near-fanatic political ideology. Class arguments between democratic socialists, strict libertarians, and one student who believes the best system is a benevolent autocracy. Everyone seems to be extreme in other beliefs as well, religious/historical/veganism. Especially since presidential election 2016, it's been rough. ​ | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | 1 | 71 | 1.029412 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcoo5q | ejd2rmt | 1,553,534,536 | 1,553,543,729 | 36 | 39 | I'm in clinical psychopharmacology; I conduct human lab studies investigating various adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. driving impairment, cognitive performance impairment). We actually get some very well-informed and well-reasoned cannabis advocates who provide some much-needed perspective in the field. On the other hand, we also get a number of emails or voicemails from people who are clearly stoned and not very well educated at all who want to offer us opinions on how to improve our research. | Classics. White supremacists with a fetish for (their warped idea of) Greek and Roman culture. | 0 | 9,193 | 1.083333 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejd2rmt | ejd1nbi | 1,553,543,729 | 1,553,543,038 | 39 | 38 | Classics. White supremacists with a fetish for (their warped idea of) Greek and Roman culture. | "Oh so you're a debate coach? How about you debate ME on this subject?" Fuck off, I'm off the clock. | 1 | 691 | 1.026316 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejczaop | ejd2rmt | 1,553,541,569 | 1,553,543,729 | 34 | 39 | English - rhet comp. For me it’s always people who are really excited about prescriptive grammar and “fixing” “broken” language (usually pinning that label on stigmatized varieties of English/young people/POC/other marginalized groups) ... they think they’ve found a kindred Grammar Nazi spirit and are less than pleased when I explain that my work primarily focuses on de-centering Standard American English and fighting for students’ rights to their own language | Classics. White supremacists with a fetish for (their warped idea of) Greek and Roman culture. | 0 | 2,160 | 1.147059 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco7iq | ejd2rmt | 1,553,534,239 | 1,553,543,729 | 34 | 39 | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | Classics. White supremacists with a fetish for (their warped idea of) Greek and Roman culture. | 0 | 9,490 | 1.147059 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejd2rmt | ejcu8fp | 1,553,543,729 | 1,553,538,120 | 39 | 32 | Classics. White supremacists with a fetish for (their warped idea of) Greek and Roman culture. | Genetics somehow comes with antivaxers, I learned. *sighhhhh* | 1 | 5,609 | 1.21875 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcw7h2 | ejd2rmt | 1,553,539,526 | 1,553,543,729 | 30 | 39 | Astronomer here! We definitely get a ton, and at least a month I will get one crackpot email which is usually mass emailed to everyone in the department. The most (in)famous guy in astronomy is a dedicated Hungarian named Gabor, who will email every department convinced we are hiding the truth, and saying stuff like "you have one month to respond and repent and then I will report every member of the department to the FBI for ***FRAUD!!!***" and hide things in the messages to see if you are reading them, and then harass you even more. Funny thing is now that I've typed this out, I don't think I actually remember what Gabor's theory is! The most common ones btw are things like electric universe (gravity isn't real, in fact it's all electromagnetism), problems in general with relativity, and other theories in astrophysics like that. We don't really get Flat Earthers harassing my department, but I do have a colleague in another department where they had to ban a man from campus who kept coming to the dept and harassing the astronomy professors for not agreeing with Flat Earth (and, it turned out once notes were compared, sexually harassing the students). I am moving to Harvard this fall for a postdoc and highly suspect the crackpot emails will increase the moment I have that email address! | Classics. White supremacists with a fetish for (their warped idea of) Greek and Roman culture. | 0 | 4,203 | 1.3 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejd1nbi | ejcoo5q | 1,553,543,038 | 1,553,534,536 | 38 | 36 | "Oh so you're a debate coach? How about you debate ME on this subject?" Fuck off, I'm off the clock. | I'm in clinical psychopharmacology; I conduct human lab studies investigating various adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. driving impairment, cognitive performance impairment). We actually get some very well-informed and well-reasoned cannabis advocates who provide some much-needed perspective in the field. On the other hand, we also get a number of emails or voicemails from people who are clearly stoned and not very well educated at all who want to offer us opinions on how to improve our research. | 1 | 8,502 | 1.055556 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco7iq | ejcoo5q | 1,553,534,239 | 1,553,534,536 | 34 | 36 | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | I'm in clinical psychopharmacology; I conduct human lab studies investigating various adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. driving impairment, cognitive performance impairment). We actually get some very well-informed and well-reasoned cannabis advocates who provide some much-needed perspective in the field. On the other hand, we also get a number of emails or voicemails from people who are clearly stoned and not very well educated at all who want to offer us opinions on how to improve our research. | 0 | 297 | 1.058824 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejczaop | ejd1nbi | 1,553,541,569 | 1,553,543,038 | 34 | 38 | English - rhet comp. For me it’s always people who are really excited about prescriptive grammar and “fixing” “broken” language (usually pinning that label on stigmatized varieties of English/young people/POC/other marginalized groups) ... they think they’ve found a kindred Grammar Nazi spirit and are less than pleased when I explain that my work primarily focuses on de-centering Standard American English and fighting for students’ rights to their own language | "Oh so you're a debate coach? How about you debate ME on this subject?" Fuck off, I'm off the clock. | 0 | 1,469 | 1.117647 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejd1nbi | ejco7iq | 1,553,543,038 | 1,553,534,239 | 38 | 34 | "Oh so you're a debate coach? How about you debate ME on this subject?" Fuck off, I'm off the clock. | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | 1 | 8,799 | 1.117647 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcu8fp | ejd1nbi | 1,553,538,120 | 1,553,543,038 | 32 | 38 | Genetics somehow comes with antivaxers, I learned. *sighhhhh* | "Oh so you're a debate coach? How about you debate ME on this subject?" Fuck off, I'm off the clock. | 0 | 4,918 | 1.1875 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejd1nbi | ejcw7h2 | 1,553,543,038 | 1,553,539,526 | 38 | 30 | "Oh so you're a debate coach? How about you debate ME on this subject?" Fuck off, I'm off the clock. | Astronomer here! We definitely get a ton, and at least a month I will get one crackpot email which is usually mass emailed to everyone in the department. The most (in)famous guy in astronomy is a dedicated Hungarian named Gabor, who will email every department convinced we are hiding the truth, and saying stuff like "you have one month to respond and repent and then I will report every member of the department to the FBI for ***FRAUD!!!***" and hide things in the messages to see if you are reading them, and then harass you even more. Funny thing is now that I've typed this out, I don't think I actually remember what Gabor's theory is! The most common ones btw are things like electric universe (gravity isn't real, in fact it's all electromagnetism), problems in general with relativity, and other theories in astrophysics like that. We don't really get Flat Earthers harassing my department, but I do have a colleague in another department where they had to ban a man from campus who kept coming to the dept and harassing the astronomy professors for not agreeing with Flat Earth (and, it turned out once notes were compared, sexually harassing the students). I am moving to Harvard this fall for a postdoc and highly suspect the crackpot emails will increase the moment I have that email address! | 1 | 3,512 | 1.266667 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejdajo3 | ejczaop | 1,553,548,602 | 1,553,541,569 | 35 | 34 | Medieval/Renaissance Eng. Lit. ​ There is no big mistery behind the Shakespeare plays. Nobody died, was assassinated and/or was a government spy and had to change thier name/publish their work under a pseudonym. There was a guy, and he was very good at plays, and we don't know much about him besides this. Please make peace with this. Also the usual literary crackpots. No, I won't proofread your novel, and no, I won't translate it for free. | English - rhet comp. For me it’s always people who are really excited about prescriptive grammar and “fixing” “broken” language (usually pinning that label on stigmatized varieties of English/young people/POC/other marginalized groups) ... they think they’ve found a kindred Grammar Nazi spirit and are less than pleased when I explain that my work primarily focuses on de-centering Standard American English and fighting for students’ rights to their own language | 1 | 7,033 | 1.029412 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcu8fp | ejczaop | 1,553,538,120 | 1,553,541,569 | 32 | 34 | Genetics somehow comes with antivaxers, I learned. *sighhhhh* | English - rhet comp. For me it’s always people who are really excited about prescriptive grammar and “fixing” “broken” language (usually pinning that label on stigmatized varieties of English/young people/POC/other marginalized groups) ... they think they’ve found a kindred Grammar Nazi spirit and are less than pleased when I explain that my work primarily focuses on de-centering Standard American English and fighting for students’ rights to their own language | 0 | 3,449 | 1.0625 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcw7h2 | ejczaop | 1,553,539,526 | 1,553,541,569 | 30 | 34 | Astronomer here! We definitely get a ton, and at least a month I will get one crackpot email which is usually mass emailed to everyone in the department. The most (in)famous guy in astronomy is a dedicated Hungarian named Gabor, who will email every department convinced we are hiding the truth, and saying stuff like "you have one month to respond and repent and then I will report every member of the department to the FBI for ***FRAUD!!!***" and hide things in the messages to see if you are reading them, and then harass you even more. Funny thing is now that I've typed this out, I don't think I actually remember what Gabor's theory is! The most common ones btw are things like electric universe (gravity isn't real, in fact it's all electromagnetism), problems in general with relativity, and other theories in astrophysics like that. We don't really get Flat Earthers harassing my department, but I do have a colleague in another department where they had to ban a man from campus who kept coming to the dept and harassing the astronomy professors for not agreeing with Flat Earth (and, it turned out once notes were compared, sexually harassing the students). I am moving to Harvard this fall for a postdoc and highly suspect the crackpot emails will increase the moment I have that email address! | English - rhet comp. For me it’s always people who are really excited about prescriptive grammar and “fixing” “broken” language (usually pinning that label on stigmatized varieties of English/young people/POC/other marginalized groups) ... they think they’ve found a kindred Grammar Nazi spirit and are less than pleased when I explain that my work primarily focuses on de-centering Standard American English and fighting for students’ rights to their own language | 0 | 2,043 | 1.133333 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco7iq | ejdajo3 | 1,553,534,239 | 1,553,548,602 | 34 | 35 | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | Medieval/Renaissance Eng. Lit. ​ There is no big mistery behind the Shakespeare plays. Nobody died, was assassinated and/or was a government spy and had to change thier name/publish their work under a pseudonym. There was a guy, and he was very good at plays, and we don't know much about him besides this. Please make peace with this. Also the usual literary crackpots. No, I won't proofread your novel, and no, I won't translate it for free. | 0 | 14,363 | 1.029412 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejdajo3 | ejcu8fp | 1,553,548,602 | 1,553,538,120 | 35 | 32 | Medieval/Renaissance Eng. Lit. ​ There is no big mistery behind the Shakespeare plays. Nobody died, was assassinated and/or was a government spy and had to change thier name/publish their work under a pseudonym. There was a guy, and he was very good at plays, and we don't know much about him besides this. Please make peace with this. Also the usual literary crackpots. No, I won't proofread your novel, and no, I won't translate it for free. | Genetics somehow comes with antivaxers, I learned. *sighhhhh* | 1 | 10,482 | 1.09375 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejdajo3 | ejcw7h2 | 1,553,548,602 | 1,553,539,526 | 35 | 30 | Medieval/Renaissance Eng. Lit. ​ There is no big mistery behind the Shakespeare plays. Nobody died, was assassinated and/or was a government spy and had to change thier name/publish their work under a pseudonym. There was a guy, and he was very good at plays, and we don't know much about him besides this. Please make peace with this. Also the usual literary crackpots. No, I won't proofread your novel, and no, I won't translate it for free. | Astronomer here! We definitely get a ton, and at least a month I will get one crackpot email which is usually mass emailed to everyone in the department. The most (in)famous guy in astronomy is a dedicated Hungarian named Gabor, who will email every department convinced we are hiding the truth, and saying stuff like "you have one month to respond and repent and then I will report every member of the department to the FBI for ***FRAUD!!!***" and hide things in the messages to see if you are reading them, and then harass you even more. Funny thing is now that I've typed this out, I don't think I actually remember what Gabor's theory is! The most common ones btw are things like electric universe (gravity isn't real, in fact it's all electromagnetism), problems in general with relativity, and other theories in astrophysics like that. We don't really get Flat Earthers harassing my department, but I do have a colleague in another department where they had to ban a man from campus who kept coming to the dept and harassing the astronomy professors for not agreeing with Flat Earth (and, it turned out once notes were compared, sexually harassing the students). I am moving to Harvard this fall for a postdoc and highly suspect the crackpot emails will increase the moment I have that email address! | 1 | 9,076 | 1.166667 |
iht6gb | askacademia_train | 0.96 | So so tired. How to rediscover my lost passion and drive 😥 Perhaps this feeling has been cliche by now, with everything going on in the world. But does anyone else out there just feel totally *done*? I'm going into my 3rd year of my PhD (out of 4 total), my "analysis year". (Previous two were mostly lots and lots of fieldwork, collecting data, presentations, some general analyses and papers but not focused on detailed analyses.) I used to love my research. I still do, but feel totally separate from it. Just can't motivate myself to work on anything for my dissertation the past few weeks. I'm tired all of the time and don't know how to refuel my drive... I'm guessing others must feel the same way. Suggestions on how to get out of this slump? How to feel refreshed, recharged, and passionate again? There's just so many shitty chaotic things occurring, speaking from the US perspective but globally as well. How does anyone focus on research, or anything for that matter, anymore? I'm just so tired... | g32n6bl | g32mmao | 1,598,567,337 | 1,598,567,059 | 56 | 20 | My perspective is a little different. I don't need to be passionate about my work. I treat my research and teaching as a job, and that helps me stay motivated and productive. Maybe try to find things other than passion that motivate you to complete your PhD. Edited to add: Of course, there is a mental health aspect of your post that I haven't addressed. I second the suggestion to take a few days off to mentally recharge. | Ughh I feel this. I feel exhausted ALL the time and its making it impossible for me to get anything done. But then the longer I go without getting things done, the more stressed and tired I get. | 1 | 278 | 2.8 |
iht6gb | askacademia_train | 0.96 | So so tired. How to rediscover my lost passion and drive 😥 Perhaps this feeling has been cliche by now, with everything going on in the world. But does anyone else out there just feel totally *done*? I'm going into my 3rd year of my PhD (out of 4 total), my "analysis year". (Previous two were mostly lots and lots of fieldwork, collecting data, presentations, some general analyses and papers but not focused on detailed analyses.) I used to love my research. I still do, but feel totally separate from it. Just can't motivate myself to work on anything for my dissertation the past few weeks. I'm tired all of the time and don't know how to refuel my drive... I'm guessing others must feel the same way. Suggestions on how to get out of this slump? How to feel refreshed, recharged, and passionate again? There's just so many shitty chaotic things occurring, speaking from the US perspective but globally as well. How does anyone focus on research, or anything for that matter, anymore? I'm just so tired... | g32mih9 | g32n6bl | 1,598,567,004 | 1,598,567,337 | 12 | 56 | I'm not sure where you're at, but I know for many quarantine is really draining. Even if you're just staying inside all the time, that itself is very draining. Stay strong! | My perspective is a little different. I don't need to be passionate about my work. I treat my research and teaching as a job, and that helps me stay motivated and productive. Maybe try to find things other than passion that motivate you to complete your PhD. Edited to add: Of course, there is a mental health aspect of your post that I haven't addressed. I second the suggestion to take a few days off to mentally recharge. | 0 | 333 | 4.666667 |
iht6gb | askacademia_train | 0.96 | So so tired. How to rediscover my lost passion and drive 😥 Perhaps this feeling has been cliche by now, with everything going on in the world. But does anyone else out there just feel totally *done*? I'm going into my 3rd year of my PhD (out of 4 total), my "analysis year". (Previous two were mostly lots and lots of fieldwork, collecting data, presentations, some general analyses and papers but not focused on detailed analyses.) I used to love my research. I still do, but feel totally separate from it. Just can't motivate myself to work on anything for my dissertation the past few weeks. I'm tired all of the time and don't know how to refuel my drive... I'm guessing others must feel the same way. Suggestions on how to get out of this slump? How to feel refreshed, recharged, and passionate again? There's just so many shitty chaotic things occurring, speaking from the US perspective but globally as well. How does anyone focus on research, or anything for that matter, anymore? I'm just so tired... | g32mmao | g32qup7 | 1,598,567,059 | 1,598,569,271 | 20 | 28 | Ughh I feel this. I feel exhausted ALL the time and its making it impossible for me to get anything done. But then the longer I go without getting things done, the more stressed and tired I get. | 2 suggestions:Work out every single day, seriously. Start small and progressively increase. Physical health can help you feel more energized. I know this is a very common suggestion, but this is how I keep myself focused. I run a mile everyday which really isn't much, but in the long run I've would've ran 365 miles after year. I like short simple workouts because it doesn't conflict with your schedule and if you're consistent you'll see results both mentally and physically. And I'm in STEM too, I have to tell you this is very common, especially when you've been spending time on all of the low level stuff (coding, collecting data, math, etc). My second suggestion is to watch movies on your subject, play video games on your subject, travel (maybe just road trip due to covid for safety), etc. I just notice that seeing your subject in a high/abstract level can get you excited again. | 0 | 2,212 | 1.4 |
iht6gb | askacademia_train | 0.96 | So so tired. How to rediscover my lost passion and drive 😥 Perhaps this feeling has been cliche by now, with everything going on in the world. But does anyone else out there just feel totally *done*? I'm going into my 3rd year of my PhD (out of 4 total), my "analysis year". (Previous two were mostly lots and lots of fieldwork, collecting data, presentations, some general analyses and papers but not focused on detailed analyses.) I used to love my research. I still do, but feel totally separate from it. Just can't motivate myself to work on anything for my dissertation the past few weeks. I'm tired all of the time and don't know how to refuel my drive... I'm guessing others must feel the same way. Suggestions on how to get out of this slump? How to feel refreshed, recharged, and passionate again? There's just so many shitty chaotic things occurring, speaking from the US perspective but globally as well. How does anyone focus on research, or anything for that matter, anymore? I'm just so tired... | g32mih9 | g32qup7 | 1,598,567,004 | 1,598,569,271 | 12 | 28 | I'm not sure where you're at, but I know for many quarantine is really draining. Even if you're just staying inside all the time, that itself is very draining. Stay strong! | 2 suggestions:Work out every single day, seriously. Start small and progressively increase. Physical health can help you feel more energized. I know this is a very common suggestion, but this is how I keep myself focused. I run a mile everyday which really isn't much, but in the long run I've would've ran 365 miles after year. I like short simple workouts because it doesn't conflict with your schedule and if you're consistent you'll see results both mentally and physically. And I'm in STEM too, I have to tell you this is very common, especially when you've been spending time on all of the low level stuff (coding, collecting data, math, etc). My second suggestion is to watch movies on your subject, play video games on your subject, travel (maybe just road trip due to covid for safety), etc. I just notice that seeing your subject in a high/abstract level can get you excited again. | 0 | 2,267 | 2.333333 |
iht6gb | askacademia_train | 0.96 | So so tired. How to rediscover my lost passion and drive 😥 Perhaps this feeling has been cliche by now, with everything going on in the world. But does anyone else out there just feel totally *done*? I'm going into my 3rd year of my PhD (out of 4 total), my "analysis year". (Previous two were mostly lots and lots of fieldwork, collecting data, presentations, some general analyses and papers but not focused on detailed analyses.) I used to love my research. I still do, but feel totally separate from it. Just can't motivate myself to work on anything for my dissertation the past few weeks. I'm tired all of the time and don't know how to refuel my drive... I'm guessing others must feel the same way. Suggestions on how to get out of this slump? How to feel refreshed, recharged, and passionate again? There's just so many shitty chaotic things occurring, speaking from the US perspective but globally as well. How does anyone focus on research, or anything for that matter, anymore? I'm just so tired... | g32mih9 | g32mmao | 1,598,567,004 | 1,598,567,059 | 12 | 20 | I'm not sure where you're at, but I know for many quarantine is really draining. Even if you're just staying inside all the time, that itself is very draining. Stay strong! | Ughh I feel this. I feel exhausted ALL the time and its making it impossible for me to get anything done. But then the longer I go without getting things done, the more stressed and tired I get. | 0 | 55 | 1.666667 |
iht6gb | askacademia_train | 0.96 | So so tired. How to rediscover my lost passion and drive 😥 Perhaps this feeling has been cliche by now, with everything going on in the world. But does anyone else out there just feel totally *done*? I'm going into my 3rd year of my PhD (out of 4 total), my "analysis year". (Previous two were mostly lots and lots of fieldwork, collecting data, presentations, some general analyses and papers but not focused on detailed analyses.) I used to love my research. I still do, but feel totally separate from it. Just can't motivate myself to work on anything for my dissertation the past few weeks. I'm tired all of the time and don't know how to refuel my drive... I'm guessing others must feel the same way. Suggestions on how to get out of this slump? How to feel refreshed, recharged, and passionate again? There's just so many shitty chaotic things occurring, speaking from the US perspective but globally as well. How does anyone focus on research, or anything for that matter, anymore? I'm just so tired... | g32zw8z | g32zu24 | 1,598,574,188 | 1,598,574,155 | 5 | 4 | You need to take some time off from work if you can. Go to the mountains or the beach. Leave your work laptop at home. If you don’t go now, it’ll probably get harder. Even if you just squeeze in a long weekend, you should go. Get away from things and do things you enjoy. It’s burnout, and you’re not alone! | I hear you, and agree that it just happens in this process and having dedicated days where you write and days which are full breaks can help. I’m not sure what part of the project is stalling you right now, but perhaps you give that one chapter a break for now, and start editing a different part or working on a new chapter? Sometimes you need space from one aspect and editing a different part or free writing a new section can reenergize you. I also found journaling while writing my dissertation to be helpful. Just writing about the world, all the issues on your mind and life, all the feelings of futility with the project...stream of consciousness writing where you don’t need to work about getting it “just right” like you do for the dissertation can be really freeing. | 1 | 33 | 1.25 |
iht6gb | askacademia_train | 0.96 | So so tired. How to rediscover my lost passion and drive 😥 Perhaps this feeling has been cliche by now, with everything going on in the world. But does anyone else out there just feel totally *done*? I'm going into my 3rd year of my PhD (out of 4 total), my "analysis year". (Previous two were mostly lots and lots of fieldwork, collecting data, presentations, some general analyses and papers but not focused on detailed analyses.) I used to love my research. I still do, but feel totally separate from it. Just can't motivate myself to work on anything for my dissertation the past few weeks. I'm tired all of the time and don't know how to refuel my drive... I'm guessing others must feel the same way. Suggestions on how to get out of this slump? How to feel refreshed, recharged, and passionate again? There's just so many shitty chaotic things occurring, speaking from the US perspective but globally as well. How does anyone focus on research, or anything for that matter, anymore? I'm just so tired... | g32zu24 | g3468z6 | 1,598,574,155 | 1,598,603,068 | 4 | 5 | I hear you, and agree that it just happens in this process and having dedicated days where you write and days which are full breaks can help. I’m not sure what part of the project is stalling you right now, but perhaps you give that one chapter a break for now, and start editing a different part or working on a new chapter? Sometimes you need space from one aspect and editing a different part or free writing a new section can reenergize you. I also found journaling while writing my dissertation to be helpful. Just writing about the world, all the issues on your mind and life, all the feelings of futility with the project...stream of consciousness writing where you don’t need to work about getting it “just right” like you do for the dissertation can be really freeing. | One thing I've found PhD candidates absolutely *terrible* at without encouragement is taking actual leave. Go on leave for a minimum of a week. 10 days is better. DO not check your emails. Do not do anything work related. Do whatever you can to make it feel like holiday - visit friends or family, travel (if that's possible in current circumstances), etc. It is an unhealthy and unsustainable approach to just keep ploughing on without giving yourself a break from things. | 0 | 28,913 | 1.25 |
iht6gb | askacademia_train | 0.96 | So so tired. How to rediscover my lost passion and drive 😥 Perhaps this feeling has been cliche by now, with everything going on in the world. But does anyone else out there just feel totally *done*? I'm going into my 3rd year of my PhD (out of 4 total), my "analysis year". (Previous two were mostly lots and lots of fieldwork, collecting data, presentations, some general analyses and papers but not focused on detailed analyses.) I used to love my research. I still do, but feel totally separate from it. Just can't motivate myself to work on anything for my dissertation the past few weeks. I'm tired all of the time and don't know how to refuel my drive... I'm guessing others must feel the same way. Suggestions on how to get out of this slump? How to feel refreshed, recharged, and passionate again? There's just so many shitty chaotic things occurring, speaking from the US perspective but globally as well. How does anyone focus on research, or anything for that matter, anymore? I'm just so tired... | g33y01z | g3468z6 | 1,598,595,240 | 1,598,603,068 | 3 | 5 | Sad that you're feeling this way. I can suggest something that helps me often (yesterday even). Find some colleagues (not profs, but also fellow phds and also people who have been less long in the dept than you have been) to talk about your data and discuss things that are nice, bad, good enough etc. You can wrap it like you just want to talk about how to make a red line for a publication story and you need a third eye. The good part about this is that people can help you with new interesting insight, analyses that are fine spending less time on, and things that look done while you think they aren't. What is also nice about showing data to people who haven't seen it is the compliments. That is something that always fires up my passion. Compliments are way underappreciated by profs, but not by fellow colleagues (at least in my experience). Good luck with your 4th year! You'll look back later thinking why you were even that worried. | One thing I've found PhD candidates absolutely *terrible* at without encouragement is taking actual leave. Go on leave for a minimum of a week. 10 days is better. DO not check your emails. Do not do anything work related. Do whatever you can to make it feel like holiday - visit friends or family, travel (if that's possible in current circumstances), etc. It is an unhealthy and unsustainable approach to just keep ploughing on without giving yourself a break from things. | 0 | 7,828 | 1.666667 |
iht6gb | askacademia_train | 0.96 | So so tired. How to rediscover my lost passion and drive 😥 Perhaps this feeling has been cliche by now, with everything going on in the world. But does anyone else out there just feel totally *done*? I'm going into my 3rd year of my PhD (out of 4 total), my "analysis year". (Previous two were mostly lots and lots of fieldwork, collecting data, presentations, some general analyses and papers but not focused on detailed analyses.) I used to love my research. I still do, but feel totally separate from it. Just can't motivate myself to work on anything for my dissertation the past few weeks. I'm tired all of the time and don't know how to refuel my drive... I'm guessing others must feel the same way. Suggestions on how to get out of this slump? How to feel refreshed, recharged, and passionate again? There's just so many shitty chaotic things occurring, speaking from the US perspective but globally as well. How does anyone focus on research, or anything for that matter, anymore? I'm just so tired... | g3468z6 | g33tjju | 1,598,603,068 | 1,598,591,712 | 5 | 2 | One thing I've found PhD candidates absolutely *terrible* at without encouragement is taking actual leave. Go on leave for a minimum of a week. 10 days is better. DO not check your emails. Do not do anything work related. Do whatever you can to make it feel like holiday - visit friends or family, travel (if that's possible in current circumstances), etc. It is an unhealthy and unsustainable approach to just keep ploughing on without giving yourself a break from things. | Repost this message in r/PhD ! There's a lot of open discussions about this kind of topics :) Cheers | 1 | 11,356 | 2.5 |
iht6gb | askacademia_train | 0.96 | So so tired. How to rediscover my lost passion and drive 😥 Perhaps this feeling has been cliche by now, with everything going on in the world. But does anyone else out there just feel totally *done*? I'm going into my 3rd year of my PhD (out of 4 total), my "analysis year". (Previous two were mostly lots and lots of fieldwork, collecting data, presentations, some general analyses and papers but not focused on detailed analyses.) I used to love my research. I still do, but feel totally separate from it. Just can't motivate myself to work on anything for my dissertation the past few weeks. I'm tired all of the time and don't know how to refuel my drive... I'm guessing others must feel the same way. Suggestions on how to get out of this slump? How to feel refreshed, recharged, and passionate again? There's just so many shitty chaotic things occurring, speaking from the US perspective but globally as well. How does anyone focus on research, or anything for that matter, anymore? I'm just so tired... | g33tjju | g33y01z | 1,598,591,712 | 1,598,595,240 | 2 | 3 | Repost this message in r/PhD ! There's a lot of open discussions about this kind of topics :) Cheers | Sad that you're feeling this way. I can suggest something that helps me often (yesterday even). Find some colleagues (not profs, but also fellow phds and also people who have been less long in the dept than you have been) to talk about your data and discuss things that are nice, bad, good enough etc. You can wrap it like you just want to talk about how to make a red line for a publication story and you need a third eye. The good part about this is that people can help you with new interesting insight, analyses that are fine spending less time on, and things that look done while you think they aren't. What is also nice about showing data to people who haven't seen it is the compliments. That is something that always fires up my passion. Compliments are way underappreciated by profs, but not by fellow colleagues (at least in my experience). Good luck with your 4th year! You'll look back later thinking why you were even that worried. | 0 | 3,528 | 1.5 |
rdyt4a | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Viva day horror, examiners never received my actual thesis! So I went to a viva, only to realize my examiners (one internal, one external, one from industry) hadn't received my actual thesis. They have received a minor document (about 85 pages) instead, which was just a compilation of old reports I have written earlier on during my research. They're not supposed to be marked. For context, I did an Engineering Doctorate (EngD). In our center, the examination is based on a 45 min public presentation + 25 min Q/A. After that, you're called into a private viva, like a traditional Ph.D. My supervisor had told me it's one of the hardest, most demanding doctoral examination processes he has ever seen. On the viva date, the presentation went well. I rehearsed it many times, and it felt natural and comfortable. This was despite feeling a little unsettled after seeing the stone-cold faces of my examiners (it was held on MS teams). They were taking notes pretty frantically during my presentation, which was also unsettling. I think most of them later worked out they haven't received the correct documents (thesis) from the university, as the work presented did not match the documents they have received. So later, the registrar of the University had told me how the University messed up in sending the correct documents, and they'll have to re-arrange the viva. My supervisor texted me later that day to apologize on behalf of the uni and told me my presentation was great. One month later I finally had my viva, which was yesterday. And it went really well and really fast (approx 1 hour 35 mins!). My examiners always maintained a happy grin on their face this time haha. I passed with very minor corrections. What's funny is that they didn't even pick out half the mistakes I had picked out when I was re-reading it! The corrections are mostly typos and further elaboration on some paragraphs (all in the lit review section). I was told my research was outstanding, which was unexpected. If there was ever the time of imposter syndrome, it was during my viva (and not in the beginning haha). I think like researchers, we often underestimate our work and contribution to knowledge | ho50er4 | ho5j5pk | 1,639,241,745 | 1,639,249,577 | 3 | 5 | Man do I love a happy ending! Congratulations! | What a ride! Nice to see the final outcome was good. /r/nonononoyes | 0 | 7,832 | 1.666667 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsjul4 | fws9pbk | 1,593,772,266 | 1,593,762,112 | 537 | 148 | No it’s great. On days when I’m lounging around being a useless lump, I catch myself and I’m like “damn I’m a doctor!” And then I feel fancy and validated as I uselessly lump around. | Nope. Just check out imposter syndrome... | 1 | 10,154 | 3.628378 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsc12x | fwsjul4 | 1,593,764,367 | 1,593,772,266 | 143 | 537 | For his epitaph, Paul Erdős suggested "I've finally stopped getting dumber." (Hungarian: "Végre nem butulok tovább"). | No it’s great. On days when I’m lounging around being a useless lump, I catch myself and I’m like “damn I’m a doctor!” And then I feel fancy and validated as I uselessly lump around. | 0 | 7,899 | 3.755245 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsjul4 | fwsjtv1 | 1,593,772,266 | 1,593,772,245 | 537 | 50 | No it’s great. On days when I’m lounging around being a useless lump, I catch myself and I’m like “damn I’m a doctor!” And then I feel fancy and validated as I uselessly lump around. | No, but there's a lot more Pre-PhD nostalgia, though. | 1 | 21 | 10.74 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsjul4 | fwsey37 | 1,593,772,266 | 1,593,767,287 | 537 | 12 | No it’s great. On days when I’m lounging around being a useless lump, I catch myself and I’m like “damn I’m a doctor!” And then I feel fancy and validated as I uselessly lump around. | Nope. Embrace it | 1 | 4,979 | 44.75 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsjtv1 | fwsk6qe | 1,593,772,245 | 1,593,772,596 | 50 | 122 | No, but there's a lot more Pre-PhD nostalgia, though. | I’ve been relentlessly asking myself this too since I just defended two weeks ago. I remember when I first got accepted I imagined myself in the future, graduating. My head would be massive, not from my ego but from the bulk of knowledge I had stored, memorized, formatted, eternally remembered, able to recall in the fraction of a second. Now that I’ve finished (besides revisions), I feel dumber than when I started. I know nothing. | 0 | 351 | 2.44 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsey37 | fwsk6qe | 1,593,767,287 | 1,593,772,596 | 12 | 122 | Nope. Embrace it | I’ve been relentlessly asking myself this too since I just defended two weeks ago. I remember when I first got accepted I imagined myself in the future, graduating. My head would be massive, not from my ego but from the bulk of knowledge I had stored, memorized, formatted, eternally remembered, able to recall in the fraction of a second. Now that I’ve finished (besides revisions), I feel dumber than when I started. I know nothing. | 0 | 5,309 | 10.166667 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsux8y | fwsjtv1 | 1,593,781,420 | 1,593,772,245 | 80 | 50 | When I write myself reminders, I take them more seriously. Now they’re doctor’s notes! | No, but there's a lot more Pre-PhD nostalgia, though. | 1 | 9,175 | 1.6 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwska72 | fwsux8y | 1,593,772,688 | 1,593,781,420 | 37 | 80 | yes? I'm not sure 'less dumb' is the right way to put it, and I think securing a permanent contract has had more to do with it than the PhD per se, but I'm certainly more confident - having my own PhD students has helped too, they're making the same 'mistakes' I made and that's shows me two things, first its not a 'dumb/smart' thing but an 'experience' thing, second I can see how far I've come since I started my PhD And for me, this confidence has resolved my 'imposter syndrome' (if indeed that's what it was), I don't know everything but that's ok I don't need to know everything a corollary to that is why I think the permanent job helps more than the PhD - I can now afford to narrow my focus I don't need to keep as many doors open/plates spinning as possible, I can now afford to close/put down a few | When I write myself reminders, I take them more seriously. Now they’re doctor’s notes! | 0 | 8,732 | 2.162162 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsllux | fwsux8y | 1,593,773,940 | 1,593,781,420 | 25 | 80 | I switched fields. I feel like a colossal idiot a significant portion of the time. | When I write myself reminders, I take them more seriously. Now they’re doctor’s notes! | 0 | 7,480 | 3.2 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsnrda | fwsux8y | 1,593,775,895 | 1,593,781,420 | 17 | 80 | I feel even dumber as I proceed through academia as more and more of the people I meet are smarter than me. | When I write myself reminders, I take them more seriously. Now they’re doctor’s notes! | 0 | 5,525 | 4.705882 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsmvh5 | fwsux8y | 1,593,775,113 | 1,593,781,420 | 17 | 80 | I’ve only recently passed, but I already feel awkward using dr as my title now and feel like people will think I’m being pretentious. Need to get over that though and be proud of my new title! | When I write myself reminders, I take them more seriously. Now they’re doctor’s notes! | 0 | 6,307 | 4.705882 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsux8y | fwsp2oy | 1,593,781,420 | 1,593,777,013 | 80 | 13 | When I write myself reminders, I take them more seriously. Now they’re doctor’s notes! | Lol I got rewarded with a pay cut for getting my PhD. Yearly raise mandated by the union contract at my PhD school + 8 years to finish my PhD meant I was making more than the NIH minimum postdoc salary by the end. Whole thing was a bit anticlimactic. Maybe the PhD students respect me a bit more but that's about it. | 1 | 4,407 | 6.153846 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsuawd | fwsux8y | 1,593,780,994 | 1,593,781,420 | 12 | 80 | I think getting a PhD is more about being able to to a lot of hard, independent work for an extended period than it is about being clever. That's not a bad thing though, being a dedicated hard worker is something to be proud of. I don't feel less dumb, but I do feel satisfied that I overcame a difficult challenge. | When I write myself reminders, I take them more seriously. Now they’re doctor’s notes! | 0 | 426 | 6.666667 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsey37 | fwsux8y | 1,593,767,287 | 1,593,781,420 | 12 | 80 | Nope. Embrace it | When I write myself reminders, I take them more seriously. Now they’re doctor’s notes! | 0 | 14,133 | 6.666667 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsrskc | fwsux8y | 1,593,779,182 | 1,593,781,420 | 9 | 80 | I work with an incredible group of people who have had their PhDs longer than I've been alive. The mentoring does not stop but you can become so much better! When I feel dumb I have to look up if anyone knows the answer. Not knowing stuff gives us something to do. | When I write myself reminders, I take them more seriously. Now they’re doctor’s notes! | 0 | 2,238 | 8.888889 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsm244 | fwsux8y | 1,593,774,365 | 1,593,781,420 | 7 | 80 | See the Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow after getting the diploma | When I write myself reminders, I take them more seriously. Now they’re doctor’s notes! | 0 | 7,055 | 11.428571 |
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