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by javajosh 1118 days ago
Good heavens, for 10 years after college I was having "aha" moments about physics and math. Looking back I don't see how it could have been any other way, and it's crazy to think you can recapitulate 300 years of science in 4 years into the brain of an 18-year-old. But we act like that's what we're doing. Maybe that's what phd programs and postdocs are really for, not so much learning more but letting what you did learn actually soak in.