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by TomSwirly 2026 days ago
My experience with academics has been different.

The joke was that if you had ten papers to read, you'd spend ten minutes on all but one - and that one would take ten hours.

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This was my experience as an RA in grad school. I could churn out paper summaries until I hit one that really challenged what I thought I knew about the topic and then I'd spend forever on it.