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Re:Time to talk about why so many postgrads have poor mental... by Agathos on Saturday March 31, 2018 @10:12PM (#16726334)
At the very least, you need someone to bounce ideas off of. I used to think I was an introvert, until I went to grad school and tried living in my own head for months at a time.

I clicked on that link and I noticed that Darwin and Kraichnan both had institutional affiliations.

Maybe possible if you're paying your own way. Lots of newly-minted professors need those small grants to get their research going. Find one who can see you as a colleague and not as an ATM.

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Re:Time to talk about why so many postgrads have poor mental... by btrettel on Saturday March 31, 2018 @10:20PM (#16726361)
Almost all good independent researchers had some sort of institutional support at some point during their careers. What makes them mainly independent researchers is that they spent a large fraction of their careers without institutional support, not that they never had any.
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