Notices by Sargoth (skateboard aspect) (sargoth@scholar.social)

@bgcarlisle "The time has come"
"AAUP"

I'm always amused by how there are courses in research methodology when you're at university, and then when you get out into the field you have to learn how to do something completely different in order to carry out said research

in completely unrelated news, archival lockers from the 40s are surprisingly difficult to break into if the keys have somehow been lost over the course of the last two generations

Sometimes, I think about how I wrote five theses without buying a single book, and at those moments I say to myself
self
good work

Me: in a world

Analytic philosopher: hold up, I am not sure I am comfortable with the pace you are making assumptions here

I found a useful, handy guide geared towards steering doctoral students towards not graduating for as long as possible, and thought I'd translate it to a language actual people can actually read

enjoy. and, also, stay in school!

https://streetremix.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-avoid-graduating-guide-for-phd.html

25% grounding your arguments in previous works
75% positioning yourself within your field
15% showing off the books you've read
5% boosting your friends

Streaming channel idea:
thesis/article writing scholars livebroadcasting their efforts, commenting on writing obstacles and obscure sources that change hither and dither from one reading to the next

"So all these things you've learned about art, culture and communication which you've used to stave off depression for years - what real-world application does it have?"

"When phrased like that - none whatsoever"