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hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsux8y | fwsqcrn | 1,593,781,420 | 1,593,778,063 | 80 | 7 | When I write myself reminders, I take them more seriously. Now they’re doctor’s notes! | Nope! Hopefully you continue to feel more and more dumb as you learn more and figure out that you don't know jack about a lot of things. Also then you might have a kid or two which is just a whole new level of feeling dumb when you can't remember the word for "bread". | 1 | 3,357 | 11.428571 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsey37 | fwsjtv1 | 1,593,767,287 | 1,593,772,245 | 12 | 50 | Nope. Embrace it | No, but there's a lot more Pre-PhD nostalgia, though. | 0 | 4,958 | 4.166667 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwska72 | fwsey37 | 1,593,772,688 | 1,593,767,287 | 37 | 12 | 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 | Nope. Embrace it | 1 | 5,401 | 3.083333 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsllux | fwsey37 | 1,593,773,940 | 1,593,767,287 | 25 | 12 | I switched fields. I feel like a colossal idiot a significant portion of the time. | Nope. Embrace it | 1 | 6,653 | 2.083333 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwszdyl | fwsnrda | 1,593,784,283 | 1,593,775,895 | 18 | 17 | Talk to people outside of academia. Go to your local pub and listen to what the average gang of 60 year old alcoholics have to say. You'll instantly feel like a genius | I feel even dumber as I proceed through academia as more and more of the people I meet are smarter than me. | 1 | 8,388 | 1.058824 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsnrda | fwsey37 | 1,593,775,895 | 1,593,767,287 | 17 | 12 | I feel even dumber as I proceed through academia as more and more of the people I meet are smarter than me. | Nope. Embrace it | 1 | 8,608 | 1.416667 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsnrda | fwsm244 | 1,593,775,895 | 1,593,774,365 | 17 | 7 | I feel even dumber as I proceed through academia as more and more of the people I meet are smarter than me. | See the Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow after getting the diploma | 1 | 1,530 | 2.428571 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsmvh5 | fwszdyl | 1,593,775,113 | 1,593,784,283 | 17 | 18 | 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! | Talk to people outside of academia. Go to your local pub and listen to what the average gang of 60 year old alcoholics have to say. You'll instantly feel like a genius | 0 | 9,170 | 1.058824 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsmvh5 | fwsey37 | 1,593,775,113 | 1,593,767,287 | 17 | 12 | 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! | Nope. Embrace it | 1 | 7,826 | 1.416667 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsmvh5 | fwsm244 | 1,593,775,113 | 1,593,774,365 | 17 | 7 | 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! | See the Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow after getting the diploma | 1 | 748 | 2.428571 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsvo2g | fwszdyl | 1,593,781,924 | 1,593,784,283 | 14 | 18 | I have constant mood swings between "fuck yeah i am a Dr" and "fucking hell how am I still unemployed, wish i went back to work after masters, i would be quite senior by now". | Talk to people outside of academia. Go to your local pub and listen to what the average gang of 60 year old alcoholics have to say. You'll instantly feel like a genius | 0 | 2,359 | 1.285714 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwszdyl | fwsp2oy | 1,593,784,283 | 1,593,777,013 | 18 | 13 | Talk to people outside of academia. Go to your local pub and listen to what the average gang of 60 year old alcoholics have to say. You'll instantly feel like a genius | 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 | 7,270 | 1.384615 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsuawd | fwszdyl | 1,593,780,994 | 1,593,784,283 | 12 | 18 | 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. | Talk to people outside of academia. Go to your local pub and listen to what the average gang of 60 year old alcoholics have to say. You'll instantly feel like a genius | 0 | 3,289 | 1.5 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsey37 | fwszdyl | 1,593,767,287 | 1,593,784,283 | 12 | 18 | Nope. Embrace it | Talk to people outside of academia. Go to your local pub and listen to what the average gang of 60 year old alcoholics have to say. You'll instantly feel like a genius | 0 | 16,996 | 1.5 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsrskc | fwszdyl | 1,593,779,182 | 1,593,784,283 | 9 | 18 | 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. | Talk to people outside of academia. Go to your local pub and listen to what the average gang of 60 year old alcoholics have to say. You'll instantly feel like a genius | 0 | 5,101 | 2 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsm244 | fwszdyl | 1,593,774,365 | 1,593,784,283 | 7 | 18 | See the Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow after getting the diploma | Talk to people outside of academia. Go to your local pub and listen to what the average gang of 60 year old alcoholics have to say. You'll instantly feel like a genius | 0 | 9,918 | 2.571429 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwszdyl | fwsqcrn | 1,593,784,283 | 1,593,778,063 | 18 | 7 | Talk to people outside of academia. Go to your local pub and listen to what the average gang of 60 year old alcoholics have to say. You'll instantly feel like a genius | Nope! Hopefully you continue to feel more and more dumb as you learn more and figure out that you don't know jack about a lot of things. Also then you might have a kid or two which is just a whole new level of feeling dumb when you can't remember the word for "bread". | 1 | 6,220 | 2.571429 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsvo2g | fwsp2oy | 1,593,781,924 | 1,593,777,013 | 14 | 13 | I have constant mood swings between "fuck yeah i am a Dr" and "fucking hell how am I still unemployed, wish i went back to work after masters, i would be quite senior by now". | 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 | 4,911 | 1.076923 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsuawd | fwsvo2g | 1,593,780,994 | 1,593,781,924 | 12 | 14 | 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. | I have constant mood swings between "fuck yeah i am a Dr" and "fucking hell how am I still unemployed, wish i went back to work after masters, i would be quite senior by now". | 0 | 930 | 1.166667 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsvo2g | fwsey37 | 1,593,781,924 | 1,593,767,287 | 14 | 12 | I have constant mood swings between "fuck yeah i am a Dr" and "fucking hell how am I still unemployed, wish i went back to work after masters, i would be quite senior by now". | Nope. Embrace it | 1 | 14,637 | 1.166667 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsvo2g | fwsrskc | 1,593,781,924 | 1,593,779,182 | 14 | 9 | I have constant mood swings between "fuck yeah i am a Dr" and "fucking hell how am I still unemployed, wish i went back to work after masters, i would be quite senior by now". | 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. | 1 | 2,742 | 1.555556 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsm244 | fwsvo2g | 1,593,774,365 | 1,593,781,924 | 7 | 14 | See the Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow after getting the diploma | I have constant mood swings between "fuck yeah i am a Dr" and "fucking hell how am I still unemployed, wish i went back to work after masters, i would be quite senior by now". | 0 | 7,559 | 2 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsqcrn | fwsvo2g | 1,593,778,063 | 1,593,781,924 | 7 | 14 | Nope! Hopefully you continue to feel more and more dumb as you learn more and figure out that you don't know jack about a lot of things. Also then you might have a kid or two which is just a whole new level of feeling dumb when you can't remember the word for "bread". | I have constant mood swings between "fuck yeah i am a Dr" and "fucking hell how am I still unemployed, wish i went back to work after masters, i would be quite senior by now". | 0 | 3,861 | 2 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsp2oy | fwsey37 | 1,593,777,013 | 1,593,767,287 | 13 | 12 | 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. | Nope. Embrace it | 1 | 9,726 | 1.083333 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsp2oy | fwsm244 | 1,593,777,013 | 1,593,774,365 | 13 | 7 | 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. | See the Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow after getting the diploma | 1 | 2,648 | 1.857143 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsrskc | fwsuawd | 1,593,779,182 | 1,593,780,994 | 9 | 12 | 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. | 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. | 0 | 1,812 | 1.333333 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsuawd | fwsm244 | 1,593,780,994 | 1,593,774,365 | 12 | 7 | 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. | See the Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow after getting the diploma | 1 | 6,629 | 1.714286 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsqcrn | fwsuawd | 1,593,778,063 | 1,593,780,994 | 7 | 12 | Nope! Hopefully you continue to feel more and more dumb as you learn more and figure out that you don't know jack about a lot of things. Also then you might have a kid or two which is just a whole new level of feeling dumb when you can't remember the word for "bread". | 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. | 0 | 2,931 | 1.714286 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsrskc | fwsm244 | 1,593,779,182 | 1,593,774,365 | 9 | 7 | 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. | See the Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow after getting the diploma | 1 | 4,817 | 1.285714 |
hkevuw | askacademia_train | 0.97 | What’s life like Post-PhD? Does one feels less dumb? Only interested in unpopular opinions. | fwsrskc | fwsqcrn | 1,593,779,182 | 1,593,778,063 | 9 | 7 | 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. | Nope! Hopefully you continue to feel more and more dumb as you learn more and figure out that you don't know jack about a lot of things. Also then you might have a kid or two which is just a whole new level of feeling dumb when you can't remember the word for "bread". | 1 | 1,119 | 1.285714 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if66sex | if62y4r | 1,657,171,011 | 1,657,168,616 | 116 | 60 | Because America doesn’t respect science as much as you think. Especially when rational and scientific behavior would solve most problems removing any excitement from the film. | That’s pretty true. I used to ask my students to name a movie where scientists were the hero, before messing up the situation. | 1 | 2,395 | 1.933333 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if66sex | if63ziu | 1,657,171,011 | 1,657,169,247 | 116 | 33 | Because America doesn’t respect science as much as you think. Especially when rational and scientific behavior would solve most problems removing any excitement from the film. | Gordon Freeman though | 1 | 1,764 | 3.515152 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6nytf | if71nxr | 1,657,183,958 | 1,657,194,198 | 42 | 60 | They weren’t even mentioned during the height of the pandemic - it was all doctors and nurses | Anti-intellectualism, glorification of ignorance, and a desire of discrediting knowledge for the sake of dogma. What you are referring to is a modern continuation of witch burnings of the old. This is a looong discussion. But I will attempt to summarize. Simple people want simple answers in life. But the truth is often different from what you see and understand through intuition. Throw a healthy dose of religiosity on top and you will put together a sample group of people representative of our society. These people will pick and absorb information based on subjective bias. The bias may be due to what they can understand with intuition or religious beliefs. These people are your target market for media. Furthermore, these people are the ones producing the media. This causes scientists to be not only be in odds with society but also look detached from it. You have to understand that average person has no clue what we do. Some of them think we don't do anything and just tinker around. They are that detached from us. There is a us-them separation almost. It is like, there is this group of people doing their own thing. Masses enjoy their products without needing to think about what goes into make these marvels of science and tech possible. All the while praising lack of education and brute force approach to solve problems. | 0 | 10,240 | 1.428571 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if63ziu | if71nxr | 1,657,169,247 | 1,657,194,198 | 33 | 60 | Gordon Freeman though | Anti-intellectualism, glorification of ignorance, and a desire of discrediting knowledge for the sake of dogma. What you are referring to is a modern continuation of witch burnings of the old. This is a looong discussion. But I will attempt to summarize. Simple people want simple answers in life. But the truth is often different from what you see and understand through intuition. Throw a healthy dose of religiosity on top and you will put together a sample group of people representative of our society. These people will pick and absorb information based on subjective bias. The bias may be due to what they can understand with intuition or religious beliefs. These people are your target market for media. Furthermore, these people are the ones producing the media. This causes scientists to be not only be in odds with society but also look detached from it. You have to understand that average person has no clue what we do. Some of them think we don't do anything and just tinker around. They are that detached from us. There is a us-them separation almost. It is like, there is this group of people doing their own thing. Masses enjoy their products without needing to think about what goes into make these marvels of science and tech possible. All the while praising lack of education and brute force approach to solve problems. | 0 | 24,951 | 1.818182 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6ow7d | if71nxr | 1,657,184,724 | 1,657,194,198 | 27 | 60 | It's the old blasphemy trope. The non god-fearing scientists have no morals kind of things. | Anti-intellectualism, glorification of ignorance, and a desire of discrediting knowledge for the sake of dogma. What you are referring to is a modern continuation of witch burnings of the old. This is a looong discussion. But I will attempt to summarize. Simple people want simple answers in life. But the truth is often different from what you see and understand through intuition. Throw a healthy dose of religiosity on top and you will put together a sample group of people representative of our society. These people will pick and absorb information based on subjective bias. The bias may be due to what they can understand with intuition or religious beliefs. These people are your target market for media. Furthermore, these people are the ones producing the media. This causes scientists to be not only be in odds with society but also look detached from it. You have to understand that average person has no clue what we do. Some of them think we don't do anything and just tinker around. They are that detached from us. There is a us-them separation almost. It is like, there is this group of people doing their own thing. Masses enjoy their products without needing to think about what goes into make these marvels of science and tech possible. All the while praising lack of education and brute force approach to solve problems. | 0 | 9,474 | 2.222222 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6d5q9 | if71nxr | 1,657,175,376 | 1,657,194,198 | 23 | 60 | This trope is so common in media it even crosses into video games. Scientists are either the evil villains/totally complicit with it & have fancy all white, bright & snazzy labs or they’re the one that no one listens to and everything could have been better if they had 😐 | Anti-intellectualism, glorification of ignorance, and a desire of discrediting knowledge for the sake of dogma. What you are referring to is a modern continuation of witch burnings of the old. This is a looong discussion. But I will attempt to summarize. Simple people want simple answers in life. But the truth is often different from what you see and understand through intuition. Throw a healthy dose of religiosity on top and you will put together a sample group of people representative of our society. These people will pick and absorb information based on subjective bias. The bias may be due to what they can understand with intuition or religious beliefs. These people are your target market for media. Furthermore, these people are the ones producing the media. This causes scientists to be not only be in odds with society but also look detached from it. You have to understand that average person has no clue what we do. Some of them think we don't do anything and just tinker around. They are that detached from us. There is a us-them separation almost. It is like, there is this group of people doing their own thing. Masses enjoy their products without needing to think about what goes into make these marvels of science and tech possible. All the while praising lack of education and brute force approach to solve problems. | 0 | 18,822 | 2.608696 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if71nxr | if6u3zv | 1,657,194,198 | 1,657,188,981 | 60 | 8 | Anti-intellectualism, glorification of ignorance, and a desire of discrediting knowledge for the sake of dogma. What you are referring to is a modern continuation of witch burnings of the old. This is a looong discussion. But I will attempt to summarize. Simple people want simple answers in life. But the truth is often different from what you see and understand through intuition. Throw a healthy dose of religiosity on top and you will put together a sample group of people representative of our society. These people will pick and absorb information based on subjective bias. The bias may be due to what they can understand with intuition or religious beliefs. These people are your target market for media. Furthermore, these people are the ones producing the media. This causes scientists to be not only be in odds with society but also look detached from it. You have to understand that average person has no clue what we do. Some of them think we don't do anything and just tinker around. They are that detached from us. There is a us-them separation almost. It is like, there is this group of people doing their own thing. Masses enjoy their products without needing to think about what goes into make these marvels of science and tech possible. All the while praising lack of education and brute force approach to solve problems. | Because STEM is scary shit for moviegoers. | 1 | 5,217 | 7.5 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6k5oz | if71nxr | 1,657,180,834 | 1,657,194,198 | 8 | 60 | Because that is what 98% of society thinks about smart and very smart people. | Anti-intellectualism, glorification of ignorance, and a desire of discrediting knowledge for the sake of dogma. What you are referring to is a modern continuation of witch burnings of the old. This is a looong discussion. But I will attempt to summarize. Simple people want simple answers in life. But the truth is often different from what you see and understand through intuition. Throw a healthy dose of religiosity on top and you will put together a sample group of people representative of our society. These people will pick and absorb information based on subjective bias. The bias may be due to what they can understand with intuition or religious beliefs. These people are your target market for media. Furthermore, these people are the ones producing the media. This causes scientists to be not only be in odds with society but also look detached from it. You have to understand that average person has no clue what we do. Some of them think we don't do anything and just tinker around. They are that detached from us. There is a us-them separation almost. It is like, there is this group of people doing their own thing. Masses enjoy their products without needing to think about what goes into make these marvels of science and tech possible. All the while praising lack of education and brute force approach to solve problems. | 0 | 13,364 | 7.5 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6qpy3 | if71nxr | 1,657,186,240 | 1,657,194,198 | 7 | 60 | You're basically saying scientists are portrayed in different ways | Anti-intellectualism, glorification of ignorance, and a desire of discrediting knowledge for the sake of dogma. What you are referring to is a modern continuation of witch burnings of the old. This is a looong discussion. But I will attempt to summarize. Simple people want simple answers in life. But the truth is often different from what you see and understand through intuition. Throw a healthy dose of religiosity on top and you will put together a sample group of people representative of our society. These people will pick and absorb information based on subjective bias. The bias may be due to what they can understand with intuition or religious beliefs. These people are your target market for media. Furthermore, these people are the ones producing the media. This causes scientists to be not only be in odds with society but also look detached from it. You have to understand that average person has no clue what we do. Some of them think we don't do anything and just tinker around. They are that detached from us. There is a us-them separation almost. It is like, there is this group of people doing their own thing. Masses enjoy their products without needing to think about what goes into make these marvels of science and tech possible. All the while praising lack of education and brute force approach to solve problems. | 0 | 7,958 | 8.571429 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6nytf | if63ziu | 1,657,183,958 | 1,657,169,247 | 42 | 33 | They weren’t even mentioned during the height of the pandemic - it was all doctors and nurses | Gordon Freeman though | 1 | 14,711 | 1.272727 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6d5q9 | if6nytf | 1,657,175,376 | 1,657,183,958 | 23 | 42 | This trope is so common in media it even crosses into video games. Scientists are either the evil villains/totally complicit with it & have fancy all white, bright & snazzy labs or they’re the one that no one listens to and everything could have been better if they had 😐 | They weren’t even mentioned during the height of the pandemic - it was all doctors and nurses | 0 | 8,582 | 1.826087 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6nytf | if6k5oz | 1,657,183,958 | 1,657,180,834 | 42 | 8 | They weren’t even mentioned during the height of the pandemic - it was all doctors and nurses | Because that is what 98% of society thinks about smart and very smart people. | 1 | 3,124 | 5.25 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6ow7d | if6d5q9 | 1,657,184,724 | 1,657,175,376 | 27 | 23 | It's the old blasphemy trope. The non god-fearing scientists have no morals kind of things. | This trope is so common in media it even crosses into video games. Scientists are either the evil villains/totally complicit with it & have fancy all white, bright & snazzy labs or they’re the one that no one listens to and everything could have been better if they had 😐 | 1 | 9,348 | 1.173913 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6k5oz | if6ow7d | 1,657,180,834 | 1,657,184,724 | 8 | 27 | Because that is what 98% of society thinks about smart and very smart people. | It's the old blasphemy trope. The non god-fearing scientists have no morals kind of things. | 0 | 3,890 | 3.375 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6d5q9 | if75e1c | 1,657,175,376 | 1,657,196,364 | 23 | 25 | This trope is so common in media it even crosses into video games. Scientists are either the evil villains/totally complicit with it & have fancy all white, bright & snazzy labs or they’re the one that no one listens to and everything could have been better if they had 😐 | I like how we're all portrayed as knowing all science. 'My training is in comparative psychology, but how hard can quantum mechanics actually be?' | 0 | 20,988 | 1.086957 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if75e1c | if6u3zv | 1,657,196,364 | 1,657,188,981 | 25 | 8 | I like how we're all portrayed as knowing all science. 'My training is in comparative psychology, but how hard can quantum mechanics actually be?' | Because STEM is scary shit for moviegoers. | 1 | 7,383 | 3.125 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if75e1c | if6k5oz | 1,657,196,364 | 1,657,180,834 | 25 | 8 | I like how we're all portrayed as knowing all science. 'My training is in comparative psychology, but how hard can quantum mechanics actually be?' | Because that is what 98% of society thinks about smart and very smart people. | 1 | 15,530 | 3.125 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6qpy3 | if75e1c | 1,657,186,240 | 1,657,196,364 | 7 | 25 | You're basically saying scientists are portrayed in different ways | I like how we're all portrayed as knowing all science. 'My training is in comparative psychology, but how hard can quantum mechanics actually be?' | 0 | 10,124 | 3.571429 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if7xm5o | if7tc65 | 1,657,208,909 | 1,657,207,219 | 13 | 10 | This is actually what I study! Roslynn Haynes's *From Faust to Strangelove* (later rereleased as *From Madman to Crimefighter*, though I haven't read all of this edition) is a great (if academic) overview of the scientist stereotype over the centuries. | It's Hollywood. They rely on archetypes and stereotypes for storytelling purposes. *Nobody* gets proper treatment unless the creator is deeply invested in whatever they would otherwise paper over. It's a shame, really, because movies inform folks' perception of reality. | 1 | 1,690 | 1.3 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if7xm5o | if6u3zv | 1,657,208,909 | 1,657,188,981 | 13 | 8 | This is actually what I study! Roslynn Haynes's *From Faust to Strangelove* (later rereleased as *From Madman to Crimefighter*, though I haven't read all of this edition) is a great (if academic) overview of the scientist stereotype over the centuries. | Because STEM is scary shit for moviegoers. | 1 | 19,928 | 1.625 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if7xm5o | if6k5oz | 1,657,208,909 | 1,657,180,834 | 13 | 8 | This is actually what I study! Roslynn Haynes's *From Faust to Strangelove* (later rereleased as *From Madman to Crimefighter*, though I haven't read all of this edition) is a great (if academic) overview of the scientist stereotype over the centuries. | Because that is what 98% of society thinks about smart and very smart people. | 1 | 28,075 | 1.625 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if7xm5o | if7vtfr | 1,657,208,909 | 1,657,208,202 | 13 | 7 | This is actually what I study! Roslynn Haynes's *From Faust to Strangelove* (later rereleased as *From Madman to Crimefighter*, though I haven't read all of this edition) is a great (if academic) overview of the scientist stereotype over the centuries. | Stephen Cass and Kevin R. Grazier explain this in their book "Hollywierd Science." To paraphrase screen-writers are taught to only use characters the general public can empathize with. Scientists are only used as villains or "explainers" to info-dump in order to keep the plot moving. | 1 | 707 | 1.857143 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6qpy3 | if7xm5o | 1,657,186,240 | 1,657,208,909 | 7 | 13 | You're basically saying scientists are portrayed in different ways | This is actually what I study! Roslynn Haynes's *From Faust to Strangelove* (later rereleased as *From Madman to Crimefighter*, though I haven't read all of this edition) is a great (if academic) overview of the scientist stereotype over the centuries. | 0 | 22,669 | 1.857143 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if7h9yr | if7xm5o | 1,657,202,173 | 1,657,208,909 | 6 | 13 | Unless ur Jeff goldblum then ur a sexy scientist | This is actually what I study! Roslynn Haynes's *From Faust to Strangelove* (later rereleased as *From Madman to Crimefighter*, though I haven't read all of this edition) is a great (if academic) overview of the scientist stereotype over the centuries. | 0 | 6,736 | 2.166667 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6u3zv | if7tc65 | 1,657,188,981 | 1,657,207,219 | 8 | 10 | Because STEM is scary shit for moviegoers. | It's Hollywood. They rely on archetypes and stereotypes for storytelling purposes. *Nobody* gets proper treatment unless the creator is deeply invested in whatever they would otherwise paper over. It's a shame, really, because movies inform folks' perception of reality. | 0 | 18,238 | 1.25 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if7tc65 | if6k5oz | 1,657,207,219 | 1,657,180,834 | 10 | 8 | It's Hollywood. They rely on archetypes and stereotypes for storytelling purposes. *Nobody* gets proper treatment unless the creator is deeply invested in whatever they would otherwise paper over. It's a shame, really, because movies inform folks' perception of reality. | Because that is what 98% of society thinks about smart and very smart people. | 1 | 26,385 | 1.25 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6qpy3 | if7tc65 | 1,657,186,240 | 1,657,207,219 | 7 | 10 | You're basically saying scientists are portrayed in different ways | It's Hollywood. They rely on archetypes and stereotypes for storytelling purposes. *Nobody* gets proper treatment unless the creator is deeply invested in whatever they would otherwise paper over. It's a shame, really, because movies inform folks' perception of reality. | 0 | 20,979 | 1.428571 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if7tc65 | if7h9yr | 1,657,207,219 | 1,657,202,173 | 10 | 6 | It's Hollywood. They rely on archetypes and stereotypes for storytelling purposes. *Nobody* gets proper treatment unless the creator is deeply invested in whatever they would otherwise paper over. It's a shame, really, because movies inform folks' perception of reality. | Unless ur Jeff goldblum then ur a sexy scientist | 1 | 5,046 | 1.666667 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if6qpy3 | if6u3zv | 1,657,186,240 | 1,657,188,981 | 7 | 8 | You're basically saying scientists are portrayed in different ways | Because STEM is scary shit for moviegoers. | 0 | 2,741 | 1.142857 |
vt7lfw | askacademia_train | 0.87 | Why are scientists always portrayed as bad guys/cowardly villains/arrogant/etc in movies/media? ​ God damnit, I'm tired of screenwriters/entertainment industry's weird vilification of us. Every time there's a guy with a lab coat in a movie, you know he/she is going to die in a horrible way or they're going to be complete weird dickheads.\* Have they even ever talked to or befriended your real average scientist? *Most* nobody acts like that in real life. (at least here in Canada) \*unless they're some rugged ex-soldier outsider main character who don't get along with the rest /rant | if7h9yr | if7vtfr | 1,657,202,173 | 1,657,208,202 | 6 | 7 | Unless ur Jeff goldblum then ur a sexy scientist | Stephen Cass and Kevin R. Grazier explain this in their book "Hollywierd Science." To paraphrase screen-writers are taught to only use characters the general public can empathize with. Scientists are only used as villains or "explainers" to info-dump in order to keep the plot moving. | 0 | 6,029 | 1.166667 |
hnndkn | askacademia_train | 0.97 | I love working for my PIs because... So this isn’t a question but I just wanted to take the time to make a shout-out to all the awesome PIs who are nice to their students, and I’m posting this here instead of r/Academia because 10 times the audience haha Context first, I am a student researcher. I’ve been making a lot of mistakes with my work recently despite having a couple years of lab experience, for a multitude of reasons including Covid. Instead of getting mad at me or engaging in any of the negative behaviour we hear often on this sub, my PIs (I’ve got 3 advisors) have been wonderfully understanding about my poor performance. They’ve repeatedly reassured me that I am not a dumbass, that I am adding value to the lab and projects, and that it is ok to screw up sometimes. At this point, they probably believe in me more than I believe in myself. Also, my PIs seem to make it a point to thank me whenever I’ve done extra work or taken initiative, and are lavish with praise for anything they think I’ve done well. They make me feel like I am valued in the lab and their actions assure me that they will be here to support me no matter what. I feel like I would do anything for this lab. It may not mean much to them, but for a young student like myself, being praised and supported by my PIs means the world to me. It motivates me to keep at it, and it pushes me to want to grow and work harder and be a better version of myself. TLDR: be nice to the students and the students probably might sell their soul to your lab willingly | fxcr3xk | fxcqqta | 1,594,242,078 | 1,594,241,903 | 23 | 10 | So much this. I ride the offhanded "good job"s for days. First time doing research (undergrad) and my advisor is SO nice. I was actually worried because Reddit (whether it be this sub or other academic subs) makes it seem like 99% of advisors are toxic micromanagers, but I've seen nothing of the sort irl. | Glad to hear! My advisor is the same way. Very generous with the praise, pushes me to do my best but in a kind and supportive way, always takes interest and helps greatly with my work, available to meet whenever I need it. Also encourages me to have a life! Having a supportive Supervisor is the best. | 1 | 175 | 2.3 |
hnndkn | askacademia_train | 0.97 | I love working for my PIs because... So this isn’t a question but I just wanted to take the time to make a shout-out to all the awesome PIs who are nice to their students, and I’m posting this here instead of r/Academia because 10 times the audience haha Context first, I am a student researcher. I’ve been making a lot of mistakes with my work recently despite having a couple years of lab experience, for a multitude of reasons including Covid. Instead of getting mad at me or engaging in any of the negative behaviour we hear often on this sub, my PIs (I’ve got 3 advisors) have been wonderfully understanding about my poor performance. They’ve repeatedly reassured me that I am not a dumbass, that I am adding value to the lab and projects, and that it is ok to screw up sometimes. At this point, they probably believe in me more than I believe in myself. Also, my PIs seem to make it a point to thank me whenever I’ve done extra work or taken initiative, and are lavish with praise for anything they think I’ve done well. They make me feel like I am valued in the lab and their actions assure me that they will be here to support me no matter what. I feel like I would do anything for this lab. It may not mean much to them, but for a young student like myself, being praised and supported by my PIs means the world to me. It motivates me to keep at it, and it pushes me to want to grow and work harder and be a better version of myself. TLDR: be nice to the students and the students probably might sell their soul to your lab willingly | fxcqqta | fxcwog9 | 1,594,241,903 | 1,594,244,764 | 10 | 14 | Glad to hear! My advisor is the same way. Very generous with the praise, pushes me to do my best but in a kind and supportive way, always takes interest and helps greatly with my work, available to meet whenever I need it. Also encourages me to have a life! Having a supportive Supervisor is the best. | My PI is so intense, but because of that, I’m a better scientist than I could have ever been being trained by anyone else. My PI is pro-student, and throughout my PhD sat down with me and went through every word of any paper/grant/abstract I wrote so I understood what worked and what didn’t and why, and now I’m a freelance editor and plan to make a career out of it, which they encouraged. My PI is also a cool person, and so down to earth it’s fun to just chat and have a beer as a lab with them around. But probably the most important part of my PI is that they understand that life is still happening outside of lab, and I’ve never in my time in the lab have been guilted for needing to deal with things outside the lab. When my husband suddenly lost his job, my PI offered to postpone a committee meeting so I could deal with logistics. It’s a refreshing thing to have a PI who encourages a work-life balance and understands things happen and you have things that take priority over the lab. Encouraging taking time for yourself, a work hard play hard philosophy, and supporting their people makes my PI one of best, and because of the way they run the lab, we all enjoy working there and that of course facilitated both quality and quantity work. I won’t miss being in a lab when I transition, but I will miss my PI. | 0 | 2,861 | 1.4 |
hnndkn | askacademia_train | 0.97 | I love working for my PIs because... So this isn’t a question but I just wanted to take the time to make a shout-out to all the awesome PIs who are nice to their students, and I’m posting this here instead of r/Academia because 10 times the audience haha Context first, I am a student researcher. I’ve been making a lot of mistakes with my work recently despite having a couple years of lab experience, for a multitude of reasons including Covid. Instead of getting mad at me or engaging in any of the negative behaviour we hear often on this sub, my PIs (I’ve got 3 advisors) have been wonderfully understanding about my poor performance. They’ve repeatedly reassured me that I am not a dumbass, that I am adding value to the lab and projects, and that it is ok to screw up sometimes. At this point, they probably believe in me more than I believe in myself. Also, my PIs seem to make it a point to thank me whenever I’ve done extra work or taken initiative, and are lavish with praise for anything they think I’ve done well. They make me feel like I am valued in the lab and their actions assure me that they will be here to support me no matter what. I feel like I would do anything for this lab. It may not mean much to them, but for a young student like myself, being praised and supported by my PIs means the world to me. It motivates me to keep at it, and it pushes me to want to grow and work harder and be a better version of myself. TLDR: be nice to the students and the students probably might sell their soul to your lab willingly | fxdxgy7 | fxcqqta | 1,594,265,318 | 1,594,241,903 | 11 | 10 | This is a nice comment, and relatively unusual for Reddit too. Because of selection bias, if you only read academic subreddits you'd get the impression that 90% of all faculty members were racist, sexist sociopaths whose only goals are to claim your contributions as their own and then drive you into an early grave. When really it's exactly opposite. A huge, overwhelming majority of faculty members bend over backwards for their students and love to see them succeed. | Glad to hear! My advisor is the same way. Very generous with the praise, pushes me to do my best but in a kind and supportive way, always takes interest and helps greatly with my work, available to meet whenever I need it. Also encourages me to have a life! Having a supportive Supervisor is the best. | 1 | 23,415 | 1.1 |
hnndkn | askacademia_train | 0.97 | I love working for my PIs because... So this isn’t a question but I just wanted to take the time to make a shout-out to all the awesome PIs who are nice to their students, and I’m posting this here instead of r/Academia because 10 times the audience haha Context first, I am a student researcher. I’ve been making a lot of mistakes with my work recently despite having a couple years of lab experience, for a multitude of reasons including Covid. Instead of getting mad at me or engaging in any of the negative behaviour we hear often on this sub, my PIs (I’ve got 3 advisors) have been wonderfully understanding about my poor performance. They’ve repeatedly reassured me that I am not a dumbass, that I am adding value to the lab and projects, and that it is ok to screw up sometimes. At this point, they probably believe in me more than I believe in myself. Also, my PIs seem to make it a point to thank me whenever I’ve done extra work or taken initiative, and are lavish with praise for anything they think I’ve done well. They make me feel like I am valued in the lab and their actions assure me that they will be here to support me no matter what. I feel like I would do anything for this lab. It may not mean much to them, but for a young student like myself, being praised and supported by my PIs means the world to me. It motivates me to keep at it, and it pushes me to want to grow and work harder and be a better version of myself. TLDR: be nice to the students and the students probably might sell their soul to your lab willingly | fxdxgy7 | fxds1gn | 1,594,265,318 | 1,594,262,009 | 11 | 7 | This is a nice comment, and relatively unusual for Reddit too. Because of selection bias, if you only read academic subreddits you'd get the impression that 90% of all faculty members were racist, sexist sociopaths whose only goals are to claim your contributions as their own and then drive you into an early grave. When really it's exactly opposite. A huge, overwhelming majority of faculty members bend over backwards for their students and love to see them succeed. | I love working for my PI because when I wanted to quit the PhD, he sat down with me and asked if switching to another research area would make it better for me. He has honored my wishes and agreed to work at my pace every step along the way. Just a good guy all around, in addition to be incredibly smart, of course. | 1 | 3,309 | 1.571429 |
hnndkn | askacademia_train | 0.97 | I love working for my PIs because... So this isn’t a question but I just wanted to take the time to make a shout-out to all the awesome PIs who are nice to their students, and I’m posting this here instead of r/Academia because 10 times the audience haha Context first, I am a student researcher. I’ve been making a lot of mistakes with my work recently despite having a couple years of lab experience, for a multitude of reasons including Covid. Instead of getting mad at me or engaging in any of the negative behaviour we hear often on this sub, my PIs (I’ve got 3 advisors) have been wonderfully understanding about my poor performance. They’ve repeatedly reassured me that I am not a dumbass, that I am adding value to the lab and projects, and that it is ok to screw up sometimes. At this point, they probably believe in me more than I believe in myself. Also, my PIs seem to make it a point to thank me whenever I’ve done extra work or taken initiative, and are lavish with praise for anything they think I’ve done well. They make me feel like I am valued in the lab and their actions assure me that they will be here to support me no matter what. I feel like I would do anything for this lab. It may not mean much to them, but for a young student like myself, being praised and supported by my PIs means the world to me. It motivates me to keep at it, and it pushes me to want to grow and work harder and be a better version of myself. TLDR: be nice to the students and the students probably might sell their soul to your lab willingly | fxf07e2 | fxev4al | 1,594,298,179 | 1,594,294,252 | 5 | 4 | I found my PI by asking what groups had the happiest grad students. My PI makes everyone feel respected, pushes you because he wants you to achieve your best, and manages to mentor women without ever coming off as creepy. He's just a really good guy. And he's ridiculously brilliant. My master's PI was also awesome. She asked questions like you were an equal, even when you were an undergrad, made the group feel like a team even if we were working on separate projects, and kept a sense of humor when things went sideways. And she rooted for me to reach higher for my PhD, even though I could have stayed there. | "You need a supervisor who will tell you you are not as dumb as you look. " I heard Barry C Barish (2017 physics Nobel laureate) say that in a seminar. I'm glad for you OP. Your PIs are amazing! | 1 | 3,927 | 1.25 |
hnndkn | askacademia_train | 0.97 | I love working for my PIs because... So this isn’t a question but I just wanted to take the time to make a shout-out to all the awesome PIs who are nice to their students, and I’m posting this here instead of r/Academia because 10 times the audience haha Context first, I am a student researcher. I’ve been making a lot of mistakes with my work recently despite having a couple years of lab experience, for a multitude of reasons including Covid. Instead of getting mad at me or engaging in any of the negative behaviour we hear often on this sub, my PIs (I’ve got 3 advisors) have been wonderfully understanding about my poor performance. They’ve repeatedly reassured me that I am not a dumbass, that I am adding value to the lab and projects, and that it is ok to screw up sometimes. At this point, they probably believe in me more than I believe in myself. Also, my PIs seem to make it a point to thank me whenever I’ve done extra work or taken initiative, and are lavish with praise for anything they think I’ve done well. They make me feel like I am valued in the lab and their actions assure me that they will be here to support me no matter what. I feel like I would do anything for this lab. It may not mean much to them, but for a young student like myself, being praised and supported by my PIs means the world to me. It motivates me to keep at it, and it pushes me to want to grow and work harder and be a better version of myself. TLDR: be nice to the students and the students probably might sell their soul to your lab willingly | fxf07e2 | fxeudvs | 1,594,298,179 | 1,594,293,637 | 5 | 3 | I found my PI by asking what groups had the happiest grad students. My PI makes everyone feel respected, pushes you because he wants you to achieve your best, and manages to mentor women without ever coming off as creepy. He's just a really good guy. And he's ridiculously brilliant. My master's PI was also awesome. She asked questions like you were an equal, even when you were an undergrad, made the group feel like a team even if we were working on separate projects, and kept a sense of humor when things went sideways. And she rooted for me to reach higher for my PhD, even though I could have stayed there. | I met a few professors in my life. My actual supervisor (serves under my nominal PI): * Asked me what I want to do. * Geared my education towards academia, the thing I want to do. * Makes sure I still understand what's good for the industry. * Supportive. * Extremely professional. * Taught me a ton of life skills (in Japan) and how to be a good professor. My first boss (full prof): * Supportive. * Always curious about my work. * Protective of subordinates. Once told an insurance agent to fuck off because all the agent wanted to do was to get me to sign, sign, and sign. * Matches people by skill to create new work relationships: great writer + great presenter; great educator + great media creator; me (the only English speaking man in this Japanese office) + the person who wants to learn more English. * Never takes credit, takes all the blame. "I fucked up. It was my decision." & "Yamada did a really good job. I was just a rubber stamp." * Helps people grow professionally. "Here's a great seminar outside. I'll find you some budget so you can travel there. Write a 1 page briefing. I already know about the content, so I just want you to learn." A shitty guy I won't mention: * Clear attempt to fraternize (talks only to girls he find cute, won't talk to known taken girls or boys) * Always take sides when students argue. * Money first. Only revenue earning students are worth his attention. * Ignores pretty much anything the lab technician says. * Stingy when supposed to support students. Splurges on his own shit like new iMac. * Mansplains all the damn time. Avoids students with actual problems attempting to talk. * When he knows he fucked up, tries to get everything off the record. * Ego-driven research. His only goal in life now is to research the new species he discovered, in any way possible. Will change his & his students' topic focus to further his aim. * Doesn't care about his student's expertise or weaknesses. Basically, you are part of my team, you either get competent or benched. * One of his students is struggling to graduate exactly because he's a dipshit. * That very student is also now on antidepressant and almost committed suicide because he totally ignored interpersonal issues in the lab, thinking that piling on more work and injecting more TA salary and hours can solve everything. This student is on a one month break. | 1 | 4,542 | 1.666667 |
hnndkn | askacademia_train | 0.97 | I love working for my PIs because... So this isn’t a question but I just wanted to take the time to make a shout-out to all the awesome PIs who are nice to their students, and I’m posting this here instead of r/Academia because 10 times the audience haha Context first, I am a student researcher. I’ve been making a lot of mistakes with my work recently despite having a couple years of lab experience, for a multitude of reasons including Covid. Instead of getting mad at me or engaging in any of the negative behaviour we hear often on this sub, my PIs (I’ve got 3 advisors) have been wonderfully understanding about my poor performance. They’ve repeatedly reassured me that I am not a dumbass, that I am adding value to the lab and projects, and that it is ok to screw up sometimes. At this point, they probably believe in me more than I believe in myself. Also, my PIs seem to make it a point to thank me whenever I’ve done extra work or taken initiative, and are lavish with praise for anything they think I’ve done well. They make me feel like I am valued in the lab and their actions assure me that they will be here to support me no matter what. I feel like I would do anything for this lab. It may not mean much to them, but for a young student like myself, being praised and supported by my PIs means the world to me. It motivates me to keep at it, and it pushes me to want to grow and work harder and be a better version of myself. TLDR: be nice to the students and the students probably might sell their soul to your lab willingly | fxews50 | fxf07e2 | 1,594,295,607 | 1,594,298,179 | 2 | 5 | > I ~~love~~ like my supervisor because As a person she is amazing, she brought food to me during quarantine. (I was not sick, but had 1.order contact). She is generally awesomely nice... ... too nice. I think I took too much advantage of her. Regardless, I think she will be disappointed to know I am leaving the field because I just cannot bear the job insecurity any longer. | I found my PI by asking what groups had the happiest grad students. My PI makes everyone feel respected, pushes you because he wants you to achieve your best, and manages to mentor women without ever coming off as creepy. He's just a really good guy. And he's ridiculously brilliant. My master's PI was also awesome. She asked questions like you were an equal, even when you were an undergrad, made the group feel like a team even if we were working on separate projects, and kept a sense of humor when things went sideways. And she rooted for me to reach higher for my PhD, even though I could have stayed there. | 0 | 2,572 | 2.5 |
hnndkn | askacademia_train | 0.97 | I love working for my PIs because... So this isn’t a question but I just wanted to take the time to make a shout-out to all the awesome PIs who are nice to their students, and I’m posting this here instead of r/Academia because 10 times the audience haha Context first, I am a student researcher. I’ve been making a lot of mistakes with my work recently despite having a couple years of lab experience, for a multitude of reasons including Covid. Instead of getting mad at me or engaging in any of the negative behaviour we hear often on this sub, my PIs (I’ve got 3 advisors) have been wonderfully understanding about my poor performance. They’ve repeatedly reassured me that I am not a dumbass, that I am adding value to the lab and projects, and that it is ok to screw up sometimes. At this point, they probably believe in me more than I believe in myself. Also, my PIs seem to make it a point to thank me whenever I’ve done extra work or taken initiative, and are lavish with praise for anything they think I’ve done well. They make me feel like I am valued in the lab and their actions assure me that they will be here to support me no matter what. I feel like I would do anything for this lab. It may not mean much to them, but for a young student like myself, being praised and supported by my PIs means the world to me. It motivates me to keep at it, and it pushes me to want to grow and work harder and be a better version of myself. TLDR: be nice to the students and the students probably might sell their soul to your lab willingly | fxeudvs | fxev4al | 1,594,293,637 | 1,594,294,252 | 3 | 4 | I met a few professors in my life. My actual supervisor (serves under my nominal PI): * Asked me what I want to do. * Geared my education towards academia, the thing I want to do. * Makes sure I still understand what's good for the industry. * Supportive. * Extremely professional. * Taught me a ton of life skills (in Japan) and how to be a good professor. My first boss (full prof): * Supportive. * Always curious about my work. * Protective of subordinates. Once told an insurance agent to fuck off because all the agent wanted to do was to get me to sign, sign, and sign. * Matches people by skill to create new work relationships: great writer + great presenter; great educator + great media creator; me (the only English speaking man in this Japanese office) + the person who wants to learn more English. * Never takes credit, takes all the blame. "I fucked up. It was my decision." & "Yamada did a really good job. I was just a rubber stamp." * Helps people grow professionally. "Here's a great seminar outside. I'll find you some budget so you can travel there. Write a 1 page briefing. I already know about the content, so I just want you to learn." A shitty guy I won't mention: * Clear attempt to fraternize (talks only to girls he find cute, won't talk to known taken girls or boys) * Always take sides when students argue. * Money first. Only revenue earning students are worth his attention. * Ignores pretty much anything the lab technician says. * Stingy when supposed to support students. Splurges on his own shit like new iMac. * Mansplains all the damn time. Avoids students with actual problems attempting to talk. * When he knows he fucked up, tries to get everything off the record. * Ego-driven research. His only goal in life now is to research the new species he discovered, in any way possible. Will change his & his students' topic focus to further his aim. * Doesn't care about his student's expertise or weaknesses. Basically, you are part of my team, you either get competent or benched. * One of his students is struggling to graduate exactly because he's a dipshit. * That very student is also now on antidepressant and almost committed suicide because he totally ignored interpersonal issues in the lab, thinking that piling on more work and injecting more TA salary and hours can solve everything. This student is on a one month break. | "You need a supervisor who will tell you you are not as dumb as you look. " I heard Barry C Barish (2017 physics Nobel laureate) say that in a seminar. I'm glad for you OP. Your PIs are amazing! | 0 | 615 | 1.333333 |
brb756 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | "How to work in academia and look after yourself" A talk I gave last week about well-being and work-life balance in academia Last week I gave a talk called "How to work in higher education and look after yourself" which was also called "How to be a future research leader and look after yourself" .... The talk was recorded and you can watch it here It's the second time I've given it, lots of people have told me it was useful for them. It's super hard for me to give the talk (it brings up a lot of personal issues with anxiety) so this time I recorded it so I won't have to give it again! It's got some practical time management, work-life balance stuff but focuses on thinking about the relationship you have with your work. I'm in the UK so it's obviously focused on that context. | eodhzjm | eocmy7w | 1,558,474,043 | 1,558,460,675 | 53 | 15 | As a PhD students I think one of the biggest things as academics is we need to be kind and not be dicks. We had an issue with blackboard a few weeks ago where coursework would randomly not upload and I remember seeing a first year crying in the corridor outside a lecture officer as blackboard failed and she was going to fail the module and year (100% coursework). She emailed him within 5 minutes of the deadline with the file. Still rejected. Further that, I was talking to some student volunteer a few weeks back and one professor came up to them, asked them an obscure question and lost it with the SV for not knowing. We need to try to be kind more and challenge poor behaviour more often. We affect our students lives more often than we realise. Edit - fixed some grammar | As someone who has just finished their PhD and is a relatively fresh Postdoc, thank you for this, friend. | 1 | 13,368 | 3.533333 |
brb756 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | "How to work in academia and look after yourself" A talk I gave last week about well-being and work-life balance in academia Last week I gave a talk called "How to work in higher education and look after yourself" which was also called "How to be a future research leader and look after yourself" .... The talk was recorded and you can watch it here It's the second time I've given it, lots of people have told me it was useful for them. It's super hard for me to give the talk (it brings up a lot of personal issues with anxiety) so this time I recorded it so I won't have to give it again! It's got some practical time management, work-life balance stuff but focuses on thinking about the relationship you have with your work. I'm in the UK so it's obviously focused on that context. | eodhzjm | eocc92c | 1,558,474,043 | 1,558,456,120 | 53 | 3 | As a PhD students I think one of the biggest things as academics is we need to be kind and not be dicks. We had an issue with blackboard a few weeks ago where coursework would randomly not upload and I remember seeing a first year crying in the corridor outside a lecture officer as blackboard failed and she was going to fail the module and year (100% coursework). She emailed him within 5 minutes of the deadline with the file. Still rejected. Further that, I was talking to some student volunteer a few weeks back and one professor came up to them, asked them an obscure question and lost it with the SV for not knowing. We need to try to be kind more and challenge poor behaviour more often. We affect our students lives more often than we realise. Edit - fixed some grammar | Thanks | 1 | 17,923 | 17.666667 |
brb756 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | "How to work in academia and look after yourself" A talk I gave last week about well-being and work-life balance in academia Last week I gave a talk called "How to work in higher education and look after yourself" which was also called "How to be a future research leader and look after yourself" .... The talk was recorded and you can watch it here It's the second time I've given it, lots of people have told me it was useful for them. It's super hard for me to give the talk (it brings up a lot of personal issues with anxiety) so this time I recorded it so I won't have to give it again! It's got some practical time management, work-life balance stuff but focuses on thinking about the relationship you have with your work. I'm in the UK so it's obviously focused on that context. | eodhzjm | eocgvwv | 1,558,474,043 | 1,558,458,046 | 53 | 2 | As a PhD students I think one of the biggest things as academics is we need to be kind and not be dicks. We had an issue with blackboard a few weeks ago where coursework would randomly not upload and I remember seeing a first year crying in the corridor outside a lecture officer as blackboard failed and she was going to fail the module and year (100% coursework). She emailed him within 5 minutes of the deadline with the file. Still rejected. Further that, I was talking to some student volunteer a few weeks back and one professor came up to them, asked them an obscure question and lost it with the SV for not knowing. We need to try to be kind more and challenge poor behaviour more often. We affect our students lives more often than we realise. Edit - fixed some grammar | Thank you! | 1 | 15,997 | 26.5 |
brb756 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | "How to work in academia and look after yourself" A talk I gave last week about well-being and work-life balance in academia Last week I gave a talk called "How to work in higher education and look after yourself" which was also called "How to be a future research leader and look after yourself" .... The talk was recorded and you can watch it here It's the second time I've given it, lots of people have told me it was useful for them. It's super hard for me to give the talk (it brings up a lot of personal issues with anxiety) so this time I recorded it so I won't have to give it again! It's got some practical time management, work-life balance stuff but focuses on thinking about the relationship you have with your work. I'm in the UK so it's obviously focused on that context. | eodhzjm | eocudiy | 1,558,474,043 | 1,558,464,086 | 53 | 2 | As a PhD students I think one of the biggest things as academics is we need to be kind and not be dicks. We had an issue with blackboard a few weeks ago where coursework would randomly not upload and I remember seeing a first year crying in the corridor outside a lecture officer as blackboard failed and she was going to fail the module and year (100% coursework). She emailed him within 5 minutes of the deadline with the file. Still rejected. Further that, I was talking to some student volunteer a few weeks back and one professor came up to them, asked them an obscure question and lost it with the SV for not knowing. We need to try to be kind more and challenge poor behaviour more often. We affect our students lives more often than we realise. Edit - fixed some grammar | Great talk. Thank you so much for sharing - I really needed to hear this right now. | 1 | 9,957 | 26.5 |
brb756 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | "How to work in academia and look after yourself" A talk I gave last week about well-being and work-life balance in academia Last week I gave a talk called "How to work in higher education and look after yourself" which was also called "How to be a future research leader and look after yourself" .... The talk was recorded and you can watch it here It's the second time I've given it, lots of people have told me it was useful for them. It's super hard for me to give the talk (it brings up a lot of personal issues with anxiety) so this time I recorded it so I won't have to give it again! It's got some practical time management, work-life balance stuff but focuses on thinking about the relationship you have with your work. I'm in the UK so it's obviously focused on that context. | eocmy7w | eocc92c | 1,558,460,675 | 1,558,456,120 | 15 | 3 | As someone who has just finished their PhD and is a relatively fresh Postdoc, thank you for this, friend. | Thanks | 1 | 4,555 | 5 |
brb756 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | "How to work in academia and look after yourself" A talk I gave last week about well-being and work-life balance in academia Last week I gave a talk called "How to work in higher education and look after yourself" which was also called "How to be a future research leader and look after yourself" .... The talk was recorded and you can watch it here It's the second time I've given it, lots of people have told me it was useful for them. It's super hard for me to give the talk (it brings up a lot of personal issues with anxiety) so this time I recorded it so I won't have to give it again! It's got some practical time management, work-life balance stuff but focuses on thinking about the relationship you have with your work. I'm in the UK so it's obviously focused on that context. | eocmy7w | eocgvwv | 1,558,460,675 | 1,558,458,046 | 15 | 2 | As someone who has just finished their PhD and is a relatively fresh Postdoc, thank you for this, friend. | Thank you! | 1 | 2,629 | 7.5 |
brb756 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | "How to work in academia and look after yourself" A talk I gave last week about well-being and work-life balance in academia Last week I gave a talk called "How to work in higher education and look after yourself" which was also called "How to be a future research leader and look after yourself" .... The talk was recorded and you can watch it here It's the second time I've given it, lots of people have told me it was useful for them. It's super hard for me to give the talk (it brings up a lot of personal issues with anxiety) so this time I recorded it so I won't have to give it again! It's got some practical time management, work-life balance stuff but focuses on thinking about the relationship you have with your work. I'm in the UK so it's obviously focused on that context. | eocgvwv | eof8inr | 1,558,458,046 | 1,558,526,774 | 2 | 3 | Thank you! | Until professors stop being dicks for the sake of being dicks nothing is going to happen. There is a difference between being a tough professor that pushes and tries to bring out the best in the students (undergrad and grad) and simply being an asshole. To many professors seem to enjoy being assholes > Academia changes one death at a time | 0 | 68,728 | 1.5 |
brb756 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | "How to work in academia and look after yourself" A talk I gave last week about well-being and work-life balance in academia Last week I gave a talk called "How to work in higher education and look after yourself" which was also called "How to be a future research leader and look after yourself" .... The talk was recorded and you can watch it here It's the second time I've given it, lots of people have told me it was useful for them. It's super hard for me to give the talk (it brings up a lot of personal issues with anxiety) so this time I recorded it so I won't have to give it again! It's got some practical time management, work-life balance stuff but focuses on thinking about the relationship you have with your work. I'm in the UK so it's obviously focused on that context. | eof8inr | eocudiy | 1,558,526,774 | 1,558,464,086 | 3 | 2 | Until professors stop being dicks for the sake of being dicks nothing is going to happen. There is a difference between being a tough professor that pushes and tries to bring out the best in the students (undergrad and grad) and simply being an asshole. To many professors seem to enjoy being assholes > Academia changes one death at a time | Great talk. Thank you so much for sharing - I really needed to hear this right now. | 1 | 62,688 | 1.5 |
pilxnh | askacademia_train | 0.94 | As a student, should we challenge our textbooks when they contain bullshit and where is the onus for the bullshit? I'm a student who keeps finding bullshit in my assigned textbooks: >"For example, most Americans do not leave home without their mobile phone. And, if they do forget and leave their home or office without them, they're covered. While out and about, they buy a disposal *(sic)* mobile phone with airtime for a few dollars. However, disposable phones typically lack most of the features of conventional mobile phones." From *Communicating in Business* by Robert G Insley 2nd edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing 2017. There's no citation for this claim because no one does this. Here's another one: >"As a result, many adverse physical, mental, and emotional conditions associated with chronic stress can be reduced or eliminated with regular practice of PMR. It helps decrease insomnia and posttraumatic stress disorder". "The Effects of Music Relaxation and Muscle Relaxation Techniques on Sleep Quality and Emotional Measures among Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder," by M. Blanaru, B. Bloch, L. Vadas, et al., Mental Illness, 4(2) (2012): e13 From *Stress Management for Life: A Research-Based Experiential Approach 5th Edition* by Olpin and Hesson Cengage Publishing 2021 I looked into that and the study of 13 people with PTSD tests them with music relaxation and muscle relaxation. The study finds that there are positive effects with music relaxation. But the description in the book claims that the PMR is the effective part. Here's a third one. >Instead, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" (MBTI.,) instrument is a personality assessment tool developed in the 1940s by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessment is an inventory test that identifies sixteen personality types. From *Essential Study Skills* 5th Edition by Wong Cengage Publishing 2013 Except no. Who should be responsible for these things? Should it be the student, who should not accept what is being taught at face value? Should the professor, who should have reviewed the textbook to make sure that what is being taught is accurate? Should it be the publisher, who is selling these as learning instruments without fact-checking? Should it be the author, who is not doing their due diligence prior to releasing these turds? Should we as students challenge these things? | hbqi4i5 | hbqpo79 | 1,630,878,656 | 1,630,882,308 | 37 | 116 | I absolutely think this should be challenged and talked about. Especially with how expensive textbooks can be. I would think it would have good information in it if I was made to pay 60 bucks for one textbook. | Who is responsible? All of the above. I explicitly tell my students to question what they are taught, and challenge when they think something doesn’t add up. I point out when I disagree with something in a textbook. You should have been taught to critically think in high school, and you should absolutely be doing that in college. The publisher should be fact checking their authors before they publish. As faculty, I try to read all of any book I require or recommend, but I skim some and could miss something even when I read thoroughly. | 0 | 3,652 | 3.135135 |
pilxnh | askacademia_train | 0.94 | As a student, should we challenge our textbooks when they contain bullshit and where is the onus for the bullshit? I'm a student who keeps finding bullshit in my assigned textbooks: >"For example, most Americans do not leave home without their mobile phone. And, if they do forget and leave their home or office without them, they're covered. While out and about, they buy a disposal *(sic)* mobile phone with airtime for a few dollars. However, disposable phones typically lack most of the features of conventional mobile phones." From *Communicating in Business* by Robert G Insley 2nd edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing 2017. There's no citation for this claim because no one does this. Here's another one: >"As a result, many adverse physical, mental, and emotional conditions associated with chronic stress can be reduced or eliminated with regular practice of PMR. It helps decrease insomnia and posttraumatic stress disorder". "The Effects of Music Relaxation and Muscle Relaxation Techniques on Sleep Quality and Emotional Measures among Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder," by M. Blanaru, B. Bloch, L. Vadas, et al., Mental Illness, 4(2) (2012): e13 From *Stress Management for Life: A Research-Based Experiential Approach 5th Edition* by Olpin and Hesson Cengage Publishing 2021 I looked into that and the study of 13 people with PTSD tests them with music relaxation and muscle relaxation. The study finds that there are positive effects with music relaxation. But the description in the book claims that the PMR is the effective part. Here's a third one. >Instead, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" (MBTI.,) instrument is a personality assessment tool developed in the 1940s by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessment is an inventory test that identifies sixteen personality types. From *Essential Study Skills* 5th Edition by Wong Cengage Publishing 2013 Except no. Who should be responsible for these things? Should it be the student, who should not accept what is being taught at face value? Should the professor, who should have reviewed the textbook to make sure that what is being taught is accurate? Should it be the publisher, who is selling these as learning instruments without fact-checking? Should it be the author, who is not doing their due diligence prior to releasing these turds? Should we as students challenge these things? | hbrpmhv | hbrjv8z | 1,630,900,308 | 1,630,897,280 | 11 | 10 | > While out and about, they buy a disposal (sic) mobile phone with airtime for a few dollars. My reaction to your post is "what is this person majoring in that they ended up in a class with this b_______ textbook?" You get one chance to be an undergrad and set the tone for your entire career. You can't change the university, or probably even the course curriculum. But you *can* decide (to some extent) where to study, and (entirely) what courses to take and what to major in. | I had a student in the past contact the textbook author when they discovered a mistake like the second one you gave (where the reference said something different that what was indicated in the text). He thanked the student and said he would fix it in the next edition. Textbooks are huge and things can get by the author, reviewers, and copy editors. As a professor picking the book, I will not know every study they discuss, nor do I have time to. I will often read a chapter that I am very familiar with the research and then extrapolate the quality of material from that. Then I'm looking at topics covered, organization, etc. The first couple of time I use a new book, I make sure to get very pointed feedback from the students about the book. I would welcome comments about a book lacking accuracy and would take that into account when deciding if I would use it the next semester. As for your specific examples. Yes, the first one seems just odd. For the second one, I'm going to trust that you read and understood the paper. I'm not a clinical psychologist, but there may be a place for muscle relaxation in the treatment of PTSD, though there are other treatments that have stronger research evidence. Also, muscle relaxation is not alone, but instead part of what they call Stress Inoculation Training which the American Psychological Association rates as having modest research support. The seminal publication for this seems to be: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10224729/ Here are some other resources: https://div12.org/treatment/stress-inoculation-training-for-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/ https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ps.201100456 As for the final statement, it is not a statement of the quality of the test, but factual information. The thing is, if you are in education or business, you are going to run across this test and you need to know about it. Based on the title of the text, Essential Study Skills, I'm going to assume this was written by someone with an education background (yep, verified it). I'm going to make a controversial statement, most things said by someone with an education background about how to educate is either wrong on only half true. As a field, they are several decades behind the literature and seem unwilling to change what they do. See topics such as learning styles and how to best teaching reading as great examples. All that being said, knowing what is out there is still important. Which by the way, this is why you bring these things up in class. I would love for a student to question these things so that I could have exactly this type of conversation in class. | 1 | 3,028 | 1.1 |
pilxnh | askacademia_train | 0.94 | As a student, should we challenge our textbooks when they contain bullshit and where is the onus for the bullshit? I'm a student who keeps finding bullshit in my assigned textbooks: >"For example, most Americans do not leave home without their mobile phone. And, if they do forget and leave their home or office without them, they're covered. While out and about, they buy a disposal *(sic)* mobile phone with airtime for a few dollars. However, disposable phones typically lack most of the features of conventional mobile phones." From *Communicating in Business* by Robert G Insley 2nd edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing 2017. There's no citation for this claim because no one does this. Here's another one: >"As a result, many adverse physical, mental, and emotional conditions associated with chronic stress can be reduced or eliminated with regular practice of PMR. It helps decrease insomnia and posttraumatic stress disorder". "The Effects of Music Relaxation and Muscle Relaxation Techniques on Sleep Quality and Emotional Measures among Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder," by M. Blanaru, B. Bloch, L. Vadas, et al., Mental Illness, 4(2) (2012): e13 From *Stress Management for Life: A Research-Based Experiential Approach 5th Edition* by Olpin and Hesson Cengage Publishing 2021 I looked into that and the study of 13 people with PTSD tests them with music relaxation and muscle relaxation. The study finds that there are positive effects with music relaxation. But the description in the book claims that the PMR is the effective part. Here's a third one. >Instead, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" (MBTI.,) instrument is a personality assessment tool developed in the 1940s by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessment is an inventory test that identifies sixteen personality types. From *Essential Study Skills* 5th Edition by Wong Cengage Publishing 2013 Except no. Who should be responsible for these things? Should it be the student, who should not accept what is being taught at face value? Should the professor, who should have reviewed the textbook to make sure that what is being taught is accurate? Should it be the publisher, who is selling these as learning instruments without fact-checking? Should it be the author, who is not doing their due diligence prior to releasing these turds? Should we as students challenge these things? | hbra6ch | hbrpmhv | 1,630,892,420 | 1,630,900,308 | 7 | 11 | Ultimately it's on the publisher, as they're the one connected to every other party and control the process by which textbooks are authored, edited, marketed, and updated. (Important point on that: more often than not, textbooks from college textbook publishers are initiated by the publisher after identifying a market opportunity; they then go out and find authors.) Publishers correct mistakes and incorporate feedback when it comes from the customer, namely the faculty who choose which book to make their students buy. That feedback makes it back to an editor either through a sales rep (true mainly for giant intro textbooks) or to the editor directly when a faculty member looks up the editor's name in the front matter of the textbook and emails them. Now, if you've ID'd bullshit during the semester, brought it to your professor's attention, and they do nothing, then that's now their problem too. Textbooks are updated in 3-4 year cycles, so the bullshit you found could be circulated for a while unless instructors tell their students it's bullshit. | > While out and about, they buy a disposal (sic) mobile phone with airtime for a few dollars. My reaction to your post is "what is this person majoring in that they ended up in a class with this b_______ textbook?" You get one chance to be an undergrad and set the tone for your entire career. You can't change the university, or probably even the course curriculum. But you *can* decide (to some extent) where to study, and (entirely) what courses to take and what to major in. | 0 | 7,888 | 1.571429 |
pilxnh | askacademia_train | 0.94 | As a student, should we challenge our textbooks when they contain bullshit and where is the onus for the bullshit? I'm a student who keeps finding bullshit in my assigned textbooks: >"For example, most Americans do not leave home without their mobile phone. And, if they do forget and leave their home or office without them, they're covered. While out and about, they buy a disposal *(sic)* mobile phone with airtime for a few dollars. However, disposable phones typically lack most of the features of conventional mobile phones." From *Communicating in Business* by Robert G Insley 2nd edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing 2017. There's no citation for this claim because no one does this. Here's another one: >"As a result, many adverse physical, mental, and emotional conditions associated with chronic stress can be reduced or eliminated with regular practice of PMR. It helps decrease insomnia and posttraumatic stress disorder". "The Effects of Music Relaxation and Muscle Relaxation Techniques on Sleep Quality and Emotional Measures among Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder," by M. Blanaru, B. Bloch, L. Vadas, et al., Mental Illness, 4(2) (2012): e13 From *Stress Management for Life: A Research-Based Experiential Approach 5th Edition* by Olpin and Hesson Cengage Publishing 2021 I looked into that and the study of 13 people with PTSD tests them with music relaxation and muscle relaxation. The study finds that there are positive effects with music relaxation. But the description in the book claims that the PMR is the effective part. Here's a third one. >Instead, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" (MBTI.,) instrument is a personality assessment tool developed in the 1940s by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessment is an inventory test that identifies sixteen personality types. From *Essential Study Skills* 5th Edition by Wong Cengage Publishing 2013 Except no. Who should be responsible for these things? Should it be the student, who should not accept what is being taught at face value? Should the professor, who should have reviewed the textbook to make sure that what is being taught is accurate? Should it be the publisher, who is selling these as learning instruments without fact-checking? Should it be the author, who is not doing their due diligence prior to releasing these turds? Should we as students challenge these things? | hbrpmhv | hbrg10k | 1,630,900,308 | 1,630,895,335 | 11 | 7 | > While out and about, they buy a disposal (sic) mobile phone with airtime for a few dollars. My reaction to your post is "what is this person majoring in that they ended up in a class with this b_______ textbook?" You get one chance to be an undergrad and set the tone for your entire career. You can't change the university, or probably even the course curriculum. But you *can* decide (to some extent) where to study, and (entirely) what courses to take and what to major in. | I agree with your first one. You’d have to leave your phone at home and get on an airplane to consider purchasing a disposable. The third is the opinion of a Vox writer no? Does that have more weight than the massive amount of people who see value in the MB? Ps nothing is perfect right? We try to build models to explain limited situations because life is complex… Anyway, as others have noted, perfect opportunity to ask in class or office hours, what makes this argument valid? | 1 | 4,973 | 1.571429 |
pilxnh | askacademia_train | 0.94 | As a student, should we challenge our textbooks when they contain bullshit and where is the onus for the bullshit? I'm a student who keeps finding bullshit in my assigned textbooks: >"For example, most Americans do not leave home without their mobile phone. And, if they do forget and leave their home or office without them, they're covered. While out and about, they buy a disposal *(sic)* mobile phone with airtime for a few dollars. However, disposable phones typically lack most of the features of conventional mobile phones." From *Communicating in Business* by Robert G Insley 2nd edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing 2017. There's no citation for this claim because no one does this. Here's another one: >"As a result, many adverse physical, mental, and emotional conditions associated with chronic stress can be reduced or eliminated with regular practice of PMR. It helps decrease insomnia and posttraumatic stress disorder". "The Effects of Music Relaxation and Muscle Relaxation Techniques on Sleep Quality and Emotional Measures among Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder," by M. Blanaru, B. Bloch, L. Vadas, et al., Mental Illness, 4(2) (2012): e13 From *Stress Management for Life: A Research-Based Experiential Approach 5th Edition* by Olpin and Hesson Cengage Publishing 2021 I looked into that and the study of 13 people with PTSD tests them with music relaxation and muscle relaxation. The study finds that there are positive effects with music relaxation. But the description in the book claims that the PMR is the effective part. Here's a third one. >Instead, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" (MBTI.,) instrument is a personality assessment tool developed in the 1940s by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessment is an inventory test that identifies sixteen personality types. From *Essential Study Skills* 5th Edition by Wong Cengage Publishing 2013 Except no. Who should be responsible for these things? Should it be the student, who should not accept what is being taught at face value? Should the professor, who should have reviewed the textbook to make sure that what is being taught is accurate? Should it be the publisher, who is selling these as learning instruments without fact-checking? Should it be the author, who is not doing their due diligence prior to releasing these turds? Should we as students challenge these things? | hbra6ch | hbrjv8z | 1,630,892,420 | 1,630,897,280 | 7 | 10 | Ultimately it's on the publisher, as they're the one connected to every other party and control the process by which textbooks are authored, edited, marketed, and updated. (Important point on that: more often than not, textbooks from college textbook publishers are initiated by the publisher after identifying a market opportunity; they then go out and find authors.) Publishers correct mistakes and incorporate feedback when it comes from the customer, namely the faculty who choose which book to make their students buy. That feedback makes it back to an editor either through a sales rep (true mainly for giant intro textbooks) or to the editor directly when a faculty member looks up the editor's name in the front matter of the textbook and emails them. Now, if you've ID'd bullshit during the semester, brought it to your professor's attention, and they do nothing, then that's now their problem too. Textbooks are updated in 3-4 year cycles, so the bullshit you found could be circulated for a while unless instructors tell their students it's bullshit. | I had a student in the past contact the textbook author when they discovered a mistake like the second one you gave (where the reference said something different that what was indicated in the text). He thanked the student and said he would fix it in the next edition. Textbooks are huge and things can get by the author, reviewers, and copy editors. As a professor picking the book, I will not know every study they discuss, nor do I have time to. I will often read a chapter that I am very familiar with the research and then extrapolate the quality of material from that. Then I'm looking at topics covered, organization, etc. The first couple of time I use a new book, I make sure to get very pointed feedback from the students about the book. I would welcome comments about a book lacking accuracy and would take that into account when deciding if I would use it the next semester. As for your specific examples. Yes, the first one seems just odd. For the second one, I'm going to trust that you read and understood the paper. I'm not a clinical psychologist, but there may be a place for muscle relaxation in the treatment of PTSD, though there are other treatments that have stronger research evidence. Also, muscle relaxation is not alone, but instead part of what they call Stress Inoculation Training which the American Psychological Association rates as having modest research support. The seminal publication for this seems to be: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10224729/ Here are some other resources: https://div12.org/treatment/stress-inoculation-training-for-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/ https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ps.201100456 As for the final statement, it is not a statement of the quality of the test, but factual information. The thing is, if you are in education or business, you are going to run across this test and you need to know about it. Based on the title of the text, Essential Study Skills, I'm going to assume this was written by someone with an education background (yep, verified it). I'm going to make a controversial statement, most things said by someone with an education background about how to educate is either wrong on only half true. As a field, they are several decades behind the literature and seem unwilling to change what they do. See topics such as learning styles and how to best teaching reading as great examples. All that being said, knowing what is out there is still important. Which by the way, this is why you bring these things up in class. I would love for a student to question these things so that I could have exactly this type of conversation in class. | 0 | 4,860 | 1.428571 |
pilxnh | askacademia_train | 0.94 | As a student, should we challenge our textbooks when they contain bullshit and where is the onus for the bullshit? I'm a student who keeps finding bullshit in my assigned textbooks: >"For example, most Americans do not leave home without their mobile phone. And, if they do forget and leave their home or office without them, they're covered. While out and about, they buy a disposal *(sic)* mobile phone with airtime for a few dollars. However, disposable phones typically lack most of the features of conventional mobile phones." From *Communicating in Business* by Robert G Insley 2nd edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing 2017. There's no citation for this claim because no one does this. Here's another one: >"As a result, many adverse physical, mental, and emotional conditions associated with chronic stress can be reduced or eliminated with regular practice of PMR. It helps decrease insomnia and posttraumatic stress disorder". "The Effects of Music Relaxation and Muscle Relaxation Techniques on Sleep Quality and Emotional Measures among Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder," by M. Blanaru, B. Bloch, L. Vadas, et al., Mental Illness, 4(2) (2012): e13 From *Stress Management for Life: A Research-Based Experiential Approach 5th Edition* by Olpin and Hesson Cengage Publishing 2021 I looked into that and the study of 13 people with PTSD tests them with music relaxation and muscle relaxation. The study finds that there are positive effects with music relaxation. But the description in the book claims that the PMR is the effective part. Here's a third one. >Instead, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" (MBTI.,) instrument is a personality assessment tool developed in the 1940s by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessment is an inventory test that identifies sixteen personality types. From *Essential Study Skills* 5th Edition by Wong Cengage Publishing 2013 Except no. Who should be responsible for these things? Should it be the student, who should not accept what is being taught at face value? Should the professor, who should have reviewed the textbook to make sure that what is being taught is accurate? Should it be the publisher, who is selling these as learning instruments without fact-checking? Should it be the author, who is not doing their due diligence prior to releasing these turds? Should we as students challenge these things? | hbrg10k | hbrjv8z | 1,630,895,335 | 1,630,897,280 | 7 | 10 | I agree with your first one. You’d have to leave your phone at home and get on an airplane to consider purchasing a disposable. The third is the opinion of a Vox writer no? Does that have more weight than the massive amount of people who see value in the MB? Ps nothing is perfect right? We try to build models to explain limited situations because life is complex… Anyway, as others have noted, perfect opportunity to ask in class or office hours, what makes this argument valid? | I had a student in the past contact the textbook author when they discovered a mistake like the second one you gave (where the reference said something different that what was indicated in the text). He thanked the student and said he would fix it in the next edition. Textbooks are huge and things can get by the author, reviewers, and copy editors. As a professor picking the book, I will not know every study they discuss, nor do I have time to. I will often read a chapter that I am very familiar with the research and then extrapolate the quality of material from that. Then I'm looking at topics covered, organization, etc. The first couple of time I use a new book, I make sure to get very pointed feedback from the students about the book. I would welcome comments about a book lacking accuracy and would take that into account when deciding if I would use it the next semester. As for your specific examples. Yes, the first one seems just odd. For the second one, I'm going to trust that you read and understood the paper. I'm not a clinical psychologist, but there may be a place for muscle relaxation in the treatment of PTSD, though there are other treatments that have stronger research evidence. Also, muscle relaxation is not alone, but instead part of what they call Stress Inoculation Training which the American Psychological Association rates as having modest research support. The seminal publication for this seems to be: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10224729/ Here are some other resources: https://div12.org/treatment/stress-inoculation-training-for-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/ https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ps.201100456 As for the final statement, it is not a statement of the quality of the test, but factual information. The thing is, if you are in education or business, you are going to run across this test and you need to know about it. Based on the title of the text, Essential Study Skills, I'm going to assume this was written by someone with an education background (yep, verified it). I'm going to make a controversial statement, most things said by someone with an education background about how to educate is either wrong on only half true. As a field, they are several decades behind the literature and seem unwilling to change what they do. See topics such as learning styles and how to best teaching reading as great examples. All that being said, knowing what is out there is still important. Which by the way, this is why you bring these things up in class. I would love for a student to question these things so that I could have exactly this type of conversation in class. | 0 | 1,945 | 1.428571 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1e07j6 | g1e01ej | 1,597,364,299 | 1,597,364,205 | 111 | 48 | I'm in a similar situation and there's good news. Now that you know, you can harness your adhd to your benefit. Usually for me there are a couple/a few hours a day when my brain chemistry is balanced, I have the optimum caffeine and food energy levels without jitters. I use that time to do my "A" tasks, like writing. Then when the full adhd kicks in, it's time for emails, ie. "C" tasks. By the end of the day, when I'm tired enough that the adhd isn't overwhelming, I settle in a little bit for reading, "B" tasks. This is what works for me, ymmv | I got diagnosed with adhd after my masters, prior to my PhD. I had suspected for a long time (I’m a psychologist) but the impetus for me was the way I nearly fell apart at the end of my degree. I was always able to keep on top of things at uni even though I had terrible study habits, would do everything last minute, and was super disorganised. It all came to a head when I had to spend extra weeks at the clinic because I got so behind on notes. It was a huge relief to get diagnosed, it’s made a huge difference. Happy to answer any questions you might have! | 1 | 94 | 2.3125 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1e07j6 | g1dw29k | 1,597,364,299 | 1,597,362,068 | 111 | 41 | I'm in a similar situation and there's good news. Now that you know, you can harness your adhd to your benefit. Usually for me there are a couple/a few hours a day when my brain chemistry is balanced, I have the optimum caffeine and food energy levels without jitters. I use that time to do my "A" tasks, like writing. Then when the full adhd kicks in, it's time for emails, ie. "C" tasks. By the end of the day, when I'm tired enough that the adhd isn't overwhelming, I settle in a little bit for reading, "B" tasks. This is what works for me, ymmv | I was diagnosed right after my ph.d. (Psychiatrist). I started really struggling in multiple areas—reason I sought out help. It’s been helpful in the sense that it explains a lot of my life. Ironically, I work in special education. I know a lot of strategies for ADHD, but difficult to put them into play myself. I found that cognitive behavior therapy was really helpful. I still use a therapist to provide external motivation, accountability, and problem solving. | 1 | 2,231 | 2.707317 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1ds3lp | g1e07j6 | 1,597,360,029 | 1,597,364,299 | 18 | 111 | Uhh...... I’m now typing like super angry and sad at the same time after watching this video 🤣 that could explain so much haha | I'm in a similar situation and there's good news. Now that you know, you can harness your adhd to your benefit. Usually for me there are a couple/a few hours a day when my brain chemistry is balanced, I have the optimum caffeine and food energy levels without jitters. I use that time to do my "A" tasks, like writing. Then when the full adhd kicks in, it's time for emails, ie. "C" tasks. By the end of the day, when I'm tired enough that the adhd isn't overwhelming, I settle in a little bit for reading, "B" tasks. This is what works for me, ymmv | 0 | 4,270 | 6.166667 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1dw29k | g1e01ej | 1,597,362,068 | 1,597,364,205 | 41 | 48 | I was diagnosed right after my ph.d. (Psychiatrist). I started really struggling in multiple areas—reason I sought out help. It’s been helpful in the sense that it explains a lot of my life. Ironically, I work in special education. I know a lot of strategies for ADHD, but difficult to put them into play myself. I found that cognitive behavior therapy was really helpful. I still use a therapist to provide external motivation, accountability, and problem solving. | I got diagnosed with adhd after my masters, prior to my PhD. I had suspected for a long time (I’m a psychologist) but the impetus for me was the way I nearly fell apart at the end of my degree. I was always able to keep on top of things at uni even though I had terrible study habits, would do everything last minute, and was super disorganised. It all came to a head when I had to spend extra weeks at the clinic because I got so behind on notes. It was a huge relief to get diagnosed, it’s made a huge difference. Happy to answer any questions you might have! | 0 | 2,137 | 1.170732 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1ds3lp | g1e01ej | 1,597,360,029 | 1,597,364,205 | 18 | 48 | Uhh...... I’m now typing like super angry and sad at the same time after watching this video 🤣 that could explain so much haha | I got diagnosed with adhd after my masters, prior to my PhD. I had suspected for a long time (I’m a psychologist) but the impetus for me was the way I nearly fell apart at the end of my degree. I was always able to keep on top of things at uni even though I had terrible study habits, would do everything last minute, and was super disorganised. It all came to a head when I had to spend extra weeks at the clinic because I got so behind on notes. It was a huge relief to get diagnosed, it’s made a huge difference. Happy to answer any questions you might have! | 0 | 4,176 | 2.666667 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1ds3lp | g1dw29k | 1,597,360,029 | 1,597,362,068 | 18 | 41 | Uhh...... I’m now typing like super angry and sad at the same time after watching this video 🤣 that could explain so much haha | I was diagnosed right after my ph.d. (Psychiatrist). I started really struggling in multiple areas—reason I sought out help. It’s been helpful in the sense that it explains a lot of my life. Ironically, I work in special education. I know a lot of strategies for ADHD, but difficult to put them into play myself. I found that cognitive behavior therapy was really helpful. I still use a therapist to provide external motivation, accountability, and problem solving. | 0 | 2,039 | 2.277778 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1ds3lp | g1e47b2 | 1,597,360,029 | 1,597,366,478 | 18 | 35 | Uhh...... I’m now typing like super angry and sad at the same time after watching this video 🤣 that could explain so much haha | I half-suspected I had it for a while before I acted on that suspicion. As a kid, I wasn't diagnosed because my parents thought ADHD was fake and my symptoms didn't express in the traditional masculine fashion (e.g. reading a novel under the desk, not jumping out of my seat making noise). Up until midway through my PhD program, school was easy enough that I could get by (and fortunately I get hyperfocus as well as distraction so as long as I was interested in the material, I could cope). Then I hit my qualifying exams and suddenly needed to learn study skills and memorize stuff and get through massive amounts of reading consistently (and some of it was boring). I had to set my own schedule and keep track of my own progress. It was just too much, and after talking to some friends with ADHD, I was pretty sure I had it. Plus, the whole rest of my life was barely hanging together - I used all my executive functioning on school, so my apartment was a pigsty, I couldn't pay a parking ticket on time to save my life, etc. Went to a shrink, told the truth, got diagnosed, started medication. Suddenly I didn't have to go through elaborate coping strategies to circumvent my procrastination and distraction - I could just decide "I'm going to work now" and get work done like a nuerotypical person. My scholarship improved markedly. I still struggle with some tasks that seem easy to other people (like email! ughh) but I'm glad I sought help. I still have doubts sometimes about whether it's a 'real' condition and often don't want to mention it to people or seek accomodations, but I can't deny that the *symptoms* are real and the treatment works, so it doesn't really matter if ADHD is socially constructed in some sense or if there's some deeper ontological truth to it. Maybe it's natural diversity pathologized by an ableist society, or maybe capitalism puts ridiculous pressure on people to achieve unrealistic standards, or maybe the cluster of symptoms we know as "ADHD" is several overlapping things. The fact is this: some stuff is really unusually hard for me compared to other people, my brain/mind works atypically in both good ways and bad, and medication helps even the playing field within the actually existing society I live in. | 0 | 6,449 | 1.944444 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1e47b2 | g1e0r1c | 1,597,366,478 | 1,597,364,600 | 35 | 17 | I half-suspected I had it for a while before I acted on that suspicion. As a kid, I wasn't diagnosed because my parents thought ADHD was fake and my symptoms didn't express in the traditional masculine fashion (e.g. reading a novel under the desk, not jumping out of my seat making noise). Up until midway through my PhD program, school was easy enough that I could get by (and fortunately I get hyperfocus as well as distraction so as long as I was interested in the material, I could cope). Then I hit my qualifying exams and suddenly needed to learn study skills and memorize stuff and get through massive amounts of reading consistently (and some of it was boring). I had to set my own schedule and keep track of my own progress. It was just too much, and after talking to some friends with ADHD, I was pretty sure I had it. Plus, the whole rest of my life was barely hanging together - I used all my executive functioning on school, so my apartment was a pigsty, I couldn't pay a parking ticket on time to save my life, etc. Went to a shrink, told the truth, got diagnosed, started medication. Suddenly I didn't have to go through elaborate coping strategies to circumvent my procrastination and distraction - I could just decide "I'm going to work now" and get work done like a nuerotypical person. My scholarship improved markedly. I still struggle with some tasks that seem easy to other people (like email! ughh) but I'm glad I sought help. I still have doubts sometimes about whether it's a 'real' condition and often don't want to mention it to people or seek accomodations, but I can't deny that the *symptoms* are real and the treatment works, so it doesn't really matter if ADHD is socially constructed in some sense or if there's some deeper ontological truth to it. Maybe it's natural diversity pathologized by an ableist society, or maybe capitalism puts ridiculous pressure on people to achieve unrealistic standards, or maybe the cluster of symptoms we know as "ADHD" is several overlapping things. The fact is this: some stuff is really unusually hard for me compared to other people, my brain/mind works atypically in both good ways and bad, and medication helps even the playing field within the actually existing society I live in. | Dr. literally told me I'm too successful to have ADHD. So then why do I know so many people in my field with diagnoses? | 1 | 1,878 | 2.058824 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1e47b2 | g1e0bgc | 1,597,366,478 | 1,597,364,359 | 35 | 14 | I half-suspected I had it for a while before I acted on that suspicion. As a kid, I wasn't diagnosed because my parents thought ADHD was fake and my symptoms didn't express in the traditional masculine fashion (e.g. reading a novel under the desk, not jumping out of my seat making noise). Up until midway through my PhD program, school was easy enough that I could get by (and fortunately I get hyperfocus as well as distraction so as long as I was interested in the material, I could cope). Then I hit my qualifying exams and suddenly needed to learn study skills and memorize stuff and get through massive amounts of reading consistently (and some of it was boring). I had to set my own schedule and keep track of my own progress. It was just too much, and after talking to some friends with ADHD, I was pretty sure I had it. Plus, the whole rest of my life was barely hanging together - I used all my executive functioning on school, so my apartment was a pigsty, I couldn't pay a parking ticket on time to save my life, etc. Went to a shrink, told the truth, got diagnosed, started medication. Suddenly I didn't have to go through elaborate coping strategies to circumvent my procrastination and distraction - I could just decide "I'm going to work now" and get work done like a nuerotypical person. My scholarship improved markedly. I still struggle with some tasks that seem easy to other people (like email! ughh) but I'm glad I sought help. I still have doubts sometimes about whether it's a 'real' condition and often don't want to mention it to people or seek accomodations, but I can't deny that the *symptoms* are real and the treatment works, so it doesn't really matter if ADHD is socially constructed in some sense or if there's some deeper ontological truth to it. Maybe it's natural diversity pathologized by an ableist society, or maybe capitalism puts ridiculous pressure on people to achieve unrealistic standards, or maybe the cluster of symptoms we know as "ADHD" is several overlapping things. The fact is this: some stuff is really unusually hard for me compared to other people, my brain/mind works atypically in both good ways and bad, and medication helps even the playing field within the actually existing society I live in. | I got evaluated for it in grad school. It took months to get results and it was an emotional process. It was decided that I don’t have it although some of my tests had ambiguous results... and instead my attention problems come from anxiety and depression. | 1 | 2,119 | 2.5 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1e21ec | g1e47b2 | 1,597,365,295 | 1,597,366,478 | 4 | 35 | I'm working on my masters, and I'm thinking about asking my doctor if there is a way to get tested - one of my professors in third year undergrad noticed I couldn't pay attention even if I was staring right at him... although I'm not sure if it would actually be ADHD, or if I'm just a bit inattentive and forgetful. I don't want to assume anything, but it would be helpful to know. | I half-suspected I had it for a while before I acted on that suspicion. As a kid, I wasn't diagnosed because my parents thought ADHD was fake and my symptoms didn't express in the traditional masculine fashion (e.g. reading a novel under the desk, not jumping out of my seat making noise). Up until midway through my PhD program, school was easy enough that I could get by (and fortunately I get hyperfocus as well as distraction so as long as I was interested in the material, I could cope). Then I hit my qualifying exams and suddenly needed to learn study skills and memorize stuff and get through massive amounts of reading consistently (and some of it was boring). I had to set my own schedule and keep track of my own progress. It was just too much, and after talking to some friends with ADHD, I was pretty sure I had it. Plus, the whole rest of my life was barely hanging together - I used all my executive functioning on school, so my apartment was a pigsty, I couldn't pay a parking ticket on time to save my life, etc. Went to a shrink, told the truth, got diagnosed, started medication. Suddenly I didn't have to go through elaborate coping strategies to circumvent my procrastination and distraction - I could just decide "I'm going to work now" and get work done like a nuerotypical person. My scholarship improved markedly. I still struggle with some tasks that seem easy to other people (like email! ughh) but I'm glad I sought help. I still have doubts sometimes about whether it's a 'real' condition and often don't want to mention it to people or seek accomodations, but I can't deny that the *symptoms* are real and the treatment works, so it doesn't really matter if ADHD is socially constructed in some sense or if there's some deeper ontological truth to it. Maybe it's natural diversity pathologized by an ableist society, or maybe capitalism puts ridiculous pressure on people to achieve unrealistic standards, or maybe the cluster of symptoms we know as "ADHD" is several overlapping things. The fact is this: some stuff is really unusually hard for me compared to other people, my brain/mind works atypically in both good ways and bad, and medication helps even the playing field within the actually existing society I live in. | 0 | 1,183 | 8.75 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1e0bgc | g1e0r1c | 1,597,364,359 | 1,597,364,600 | 14 | 17 | I got evaluated for it in grad school. It took months to get results and it was an emotional process. It was decided that I don’t have it although some of my tests had ambiguous results... and instead my attention problems come from anxiety and depression. | Dr. literally told me I'm too successful to have ADHD. So then why do I know so many people in my field with diagnoses? | 0 | 241 | 1.214286 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1eku5a | g1ehwzn | 1,597,375,716 | 1,597,374,058 | 7 | 4 | I got diagnosed in college when, for the first time, I tried to sit in a library and study. I just couldn’t do it, realized everyone else could, and talked to my doctor about it. Turns out I was fairly textbook in my symptoms, but I had always done so well in school that no one had paid any attention. I took stimulant meds throughout college, but stopped during my PhD and first faculty job because I was worried it hampered my creativity. Now I’m back to trying new meds, but non-stimulants. My therapist and I agree that my ADHD is definitely a net positive in my scientific work, but my organizational skills aren’t great and my mind is really, really good at finding new ways to be anxious about pretty much anything, so a little chemical assistance is nice. | Like a lot of others are saying I am now discovering it well after my PhD. It makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. My brother was diagnosed with ADD and I had a lot of trouble reading and didn’t like it because my brain and eyes were in two different places. Now I see it mostly as fidgeting, lack of focus, impulses, too many projects that don’t get finished, etc. Looking back at my PhD who was hyper focused at times, it helped me get through because I had really bad insomnia and would wake up at 2 am and work on my dissertation for a couple hours and go back to sleep. It helped me focus at the beginning too, to the point where I defended my proposal after my first year. Now as someone without as much focus and more choices, I get great and fun ideas that I have difficulty getting off the ground or finishing. | 1 | 1,658 | 1.75 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1e21ec | g1eku5a | 1,597,365,295 | 1,597,375,716 | 4 | 7 | I'm working on my masters, and I'm thinking about asking my doctor if there is a way to get tested - one of my professors in third year undergrad noticed I couldn't pay attention even if I was staring right at him... although I'm not sure if it would actually be ADHD, or if I'm just a bit inattentive and forgetful. I don't want to assume anything, but it would be helpful to know. | I got diagnosed in college when, for the first time, I tried to sit in a library and study. I just couldn’t do it, realized everyone else could, and talked to my doctor about it. Turns out I was fairly textbook in my symptoms, but I had always done so well in school that no one had paid any attention. I took stimulant meds throughout college, but stopped during my PhD and first faculty job because I was worried it hampered my creativity. Now I’m back to trying new meds, but non-stimulants. My therapist and I agree that my ADHD is definitely a net positive in my scientific work, but my organizational skills aren’t great and my mind is really, really good at finding new ways to be anxious about pretty much anything, so a little chemical assistance is nice. | 0 | 10,421 | 1.75 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1eku5a | g1e9ep5 | 1,597,375,716 | 1,597,369,399 | 7 | 4 | I got diagnosed in college when, for the first time, I tried to sit in a library and study. I just couldn’t do it, realized everyone else could, and talked to my doctor about it. Turns out I was fairly textbook in my symptoms, but I had always done so well in school that no one had paid any attention. I took stimulant meds throughout college, but stopped during my PhD and first faculty job because I was worried it hampered my creativity. Now I’m back to trying new meds, but non-stimulants. My therapist and I agree that my ADHD is definitely a net positive in my scientific work, but my organizational skills aren’t great and my mind is really, really good at finding new ways to be anxious about pretty much anything, so a little chemical assistance is nice. | I got diagnosed after mastering out of my first PhD program right after finishing my masters. Met with my DGS and they allowed me to explain my struggles. I explained the seemingly stupid mistakes I was making (basically knowing not to do what I was doing and/or not realizing I was doing it, being disorganized) and they recognized the things I was doing were similar to their child who has it. Was finally tested at my university and bingo I had it (and comorbid anxiety)! Spent the last semester in the program with that DGS as an informal advisor and taking classes that added to my skills for the job market... and well one of the professors for those classes saw my stats talent and my adhd and she’s now my advisor! When I told her I was diagnosed, she was not even surprised! This program and environment is a better fit for me... though my supervisor for work is very good at planning/time management/documenting everything... so that’s obviously an interesting challenge sometimes... but with help from someone else who seemed to get most of that challenge I seem to be slowly getting better... | 1 | 6,317 | 1.75 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1eku5a | g1ecdwd | 1,597,375,716 | 1,597,371,053 | 7 | 2 | I got diagnosed in college when, for the first time, I tried to sit in a library and study. I just couldn’t do it, realized everyone else could, and talked to my doctor about it. Turns out I was fairly textbook in my symptoms, but I had always done so well in school that no one had paid any attention. I took stimulant meds throughout college, but stopped during my PhD and first faculty job because I was worried it hampered my creativity. Now I’m back to trying new meds, but non-stimulants. My therapist and I agree that my ADHD is definitely a net positive in my scientific work, but my organizational skills aren’t great and my mind is really, really good at finding new ways to be anxious about pretty much anything, so a little chemical assistance is nice. | I don't know if I do or not, but this paper is really bringing it out of me | 1 | 4,663 | 3.5 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1e21ec | g1e96ll | 1,597,365,295 | 1,597,369,276 | 4 | 7 | I'm working on my masters, and I'm thinking about asking my doctor if there is a way to get tested - one of my professors in third year undergrad noticed I couldn't pay attention even if I was staring right at him... although I'm not sure if it would actually be ADHD, or if I'm just a bit inattentive and forgetful. I don't want to assume anything, but it would be helpful to know. | Got diagnosed in the second year of my PhD. My therapist/psychiatrist suspected it but treated my anxiety first to see if my attention issues cleared up. They didn't. I was in a freefall due to the lack of structure in grad school and got diagnosed the same week that my PI suggested I take a medical leave to reset. I returned and have had some success! I'm doing a lot better, but it's still a daily struggle, especially working from home during COVID times. I'm glad I stayed because I think I'm good at what I do, but the amount of self motivation/control you have to do in academia is endlessly exhausting and demoralizing. | 0 | 3,981 | 1.75 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1ehwzn | g1f4xai | 1,597,374,058 | 1,597,390,996 | 4 | 5 | Like a lot of others are saying I am now discovering it well after my PhD. It makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. My brother was diagnosed with ADD and I had a lot of trouble reading and didn’t like it because my brain and eyes were in two different places. Now I see it mostly as fidgeting, lack of focus, impulses, too many projects that don’t get finished, etc. Looking back at my PhD who was hyper focused at times, it helped me get through because I had really bad insomnia and would wake up at 2 am and work on my dissertation for a couple hours and go back to sleep. It helped me focus at the beginning too, to the point where I defended my proposal after my first year. Now as someone without as much focus and more choices, I get great and fun ideas that I have difficulty getting off the ground or finishing. | I got diagnosed with ADHD right after finishing my PhD, even if I had suspicions about it for about four years before acting on it. It was a huge relief, also because I learnt that many symptoms show in social contexts and relationships as well. I'm now working with a psychologist about them; with time I've learnt to cope with the "practical" aspects of ADHD pretty well, but the social ones, hoo boy... | 0 | 16,938 | 1.25 |
i99nw6 | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Those who discovered they had ADHD during their PhD, what is your story ? Hi ! I started listening to the "How to ADHD" podcast on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvq9Tp5JZ8oDV3SIpSJX25Twp9FHKqi\_l ) and honestly, it has brought me to tears... I'm not sure if I'm just exhausted or realize that I've been struggling with this for such a long time. I'm now a PhD student and have been having great grades in school most of my life, even if I didn't study a lot (excepts for math... where I have to study a lot and have meh grades...) Anyways, I'm interested in how you discovered that you had it, what caused you to get diagnosed and what you are doing now with it. | g1ehwzn | g1ecdwd | 1,597,374,058 | 1,597,371,053 | 4 | 2 | Like a lot of others are saying I am now discovering it well after my PhD. It makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. My brother was diagnosed with ADD and I had a lot of trouble reading and didn’t like it because my brain and eyes were in two different places. Now I see it mostly as fidgeting, lack of focus, impulses, too many projects that don’t get finished, etc. Looking back at my PhD who was hyper focused at times, it helped me get through because I had really bad insomnia and would wake up at 2 am and work on my dissertation for a couple hours and go back to sleep. It helped me focus at the beginning too, to the point where I defended my proposal after my first year. Now as someone without as much focus and more choices, I get great and fun ideas that I have difficulty getting off the ground or finishing. | I don't know if I do or not, but this paper is really bringing it out of me | 1 | 3,005 | 2 |
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