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Re:Working on the weekends – an academic necessity? by bowsamic on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @02:34AM (#31566691)
100% true even for small ideas.

New ideas are worth everything in science, especially when doing experiments.

When I started my PhD in physics our group leader told us repeatedly not to talk to people from MIT or Caltech about our work too early, because there will be a postdoc who will do what will take you about 3 years in the space of 6 months.

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Re:Working on the weekends – an academic necessity? by copperx on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @05:41PM (#31575301)
> When I started my PhD in physics our group leader told us repeatedly not to talk to people from MIT or Caltech about our work too early, because there will be a postdoc who will do what will take you about 3 years in the space of 6 months.

Because of smarts, or because of their access to resources?

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Re:Working on the weekends – an academic necessity? by bowsamic on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @07:44AM (#31580502)
I would say experience instead of smarts, but also yes resources. Mainly the experience though: they know how to align a cavity, they know the theory, they can understand more quickly, etc.
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