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london riots
Posted in Uncategorized on 9 August, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
charlatans and dilettantes
Posted in Uncategorized on 21 December, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So, I just read about a man in the US who managed to utilise an impressive mixture of plagiarism and pure lies in order to gain acceptance to Harvard, winning several academic prizes, before overplaying his hand by applying for both Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships. He was found out by a prof going through his [...]
the wrong reasons
Posted in Lists, Oxford, Science, Uncategorized, World, tagged academia, Dr Horrible, geek, genius, Spiderman, superpowers, travel on 15 June, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So, I think I’ve already explained that I got into physics for (mostly) the wrong reasons, here is a run down of a few of what I think the wrong reasons are: Trying to gain superpowers. This is one of the main reasons for being a physicist, just look at how many superheroes (and, I [...]
