Tag: academia

In a language and accent I understand. Balanced between images and text Fits in the time-slot provided Technical terms (a first-year graduate student wouldn’t understand) are explained Talk has an articulated conclusion Talk has an articulated structure Text is readable Is about something that matters Is novel or informative Is true Related posts: Chickspeak: How…

Neil deGrasse Tyson recently made a stir in the philosophy community by disparaging the entire field as asking pseudoquestions. Essentially, he says philosophers waste their time, think they are doing important things, and he doesn’t have time for them. Admittedly, he has done great work promoting inquiry and reason.   … I could defend philosophy,…

I’m at the Student Union, checking my e-mail. I have a message from a professor I really respect! I open the letter. My writing sample is attached, but it’s unmarked and barely read. The message is: “WTF?? We told you the last time that you weren’t good enough to go to grad school and this…