Re:A 2017 Nobel laureate says he left science because he ran...
by santaclaus on Friday October 06, 2017 @06:45PM
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This guy keeps it real as fuck. Love that he is rocking an Idiocracy hat during an interview.
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Re:A 2017 Nobel laureate says he left science because he ran...
by nether on Friday October 06, 2017 @08:30PM
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He would not be a culture fit at any biotech startup, that's for sure. I love how at the end of the video, the Nobel laureate in medicine takes a long drag from a cigarette.
Re:A 2017 Nobel laureate says he left science because he ran...
by flachsechs on Friday October 06, 2017 @08:42PM
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a lot of doctors and especially surgeons are closet smokers.
bad habits picked up during residency and ER/on-call work die hard.
Re:A 2017 Nobel laureate says he left science because he ran...
by sndean on Friday October 06, 2017 @08:51PM
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> bad habits picked up during residency and ER/on-call work die hard.
I initially found it surprising how many residency program directors tell interviewees that their programs don't allow illicit drug use. But yeah, extreme stress can lead to some bad habits, and it's apparently common enough to feel the need to remind candidates.
Re:A 2017 Nobel laureate says he left science because he ran...
by cperciva on Friday October 06, 2017 @09:31PM
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When I arrived at Oxford University, the first thing they told us at the international student orientation session was "don't try to bribe the police officers".
Things like this don't have to be very common to be worth pointing out.
Re:A 2017 Nobel laureate says he left science because he ran...
by praneshp on Saturday October 07, 2017 @12:39AM
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Were there many folks from developing countries in the orientation? In my orientation (at an American university), there was a huge emphasis on "you might be used to plagiarism back home, but please take it seriously".
Re:A 2017 Nobel laureate says he left science because he ran...
by cperciva on Saturday October 07, 2017 @02:01AM
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Some students from developing countries, yes. And I'm sure that admonition was largely aimed at them. IIRC most of the room looked European.
you might be used to plagiarism back home, but please take it seriously
Yeah, this is a problem my university runs into too -- international students are around 20% of the undergraduate population but consistently around 50% of the cases of academic dishonesty. :-(
Re:A 2017 Nobel laureate says he left science because he ran...
by ihm on Saturday October 07, 2017 @03:21AM
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Where is the video? Was the link changed?
Re:A 2017 Nobel laureate says he left science because he ran...
by pouetpouet on Saturday October 07, 2017 @05:50AM
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