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by johnrds 4359 days ago
The best advice to beginning graduate students is: Don't do it. Graduate school is the modern incarnation of The Emperor's New Clothes.
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norswap 4359 days ago
I think you're getting downvoted because you didn't substantiate. So, why shouldn't one do it? What do you mean "it's the emperor new clothes"?
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pedrosorio 4359 days ago
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes
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norswap 4357 days ago
I knew what the expression meant, just wondering why he made that claim.
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