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The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.

I love this minimalist explanation of a Ph.D. by Matt Might. Read the whole thing for full effect.

Written by Nick Senske on August 12, 2010
Illustrated Guide to PhD

Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge…Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge…Once you’re at the boundary, you focus.

Illustrated Guide to PhD

And, that dent you’ve made is called a Ph.D.

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Nick — Aug 12, 2010
 
Tagged with: Grad School, Minimalism, Research, Stuff We Like

Comments on this post

1.

A nice one indeed. To the point and minimalistic with it nontheless.

Keno März at 5:08am on Wed, Aug 18th.

2.

i guess what you are saying is that PhDs are nipples on the boobs of human knowledge.

Joe at 1:52am on Thu, Aug 19th.

3.

I have to admit: the same thought came to my mind.

Nick Senske at 8:08pm on Thu, Aug 19th.

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