Student invention grows hundreds of ‘mini-brains’ at once
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Student invention grows hundreds of ‘mini-brains’ at once
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Re: Student invention grows hundreds of ‘mini-brains’ at once
#2That's... amazing. He just took something from the artisinal to mass production stage so quickly! I wonder how many applications like this will emerge in the next decade, that no one has even considered?
Re: Student invention grows hundreds of ‘mini-brains’ at once
#3I don't mean to belittle what the kid has done. It's an actually amazing accomplishment, for anyone of any age.
But it calls to question a problem. Is there a major issue with cross-disciplinary collaboration within the medical and academic spaces? I would think a mechanical or electrical engineer would consider this to be a fairly trivial application of the tech, yet the medical community seems to be hailing it as a ground-swell.
Re: Student invention grows hundreds of ‘mini-brains’ at once
#4I don't mean to belittle what the kid has done. It's an actually amazing accomplishment, for anyone of any age. But it calls to question a problem. Is there a major issue with cross-disciplinary collaboration within the medical and academic spaces? I would think a mechanical or electrical engineer would consider this to be a fairly trivial application of the tech, yet the medical community seems to be hailing it as a…
It may be, but I'm more concerned with the poor treatment the kid got initially, getting ignored like that. Even if you didn't think he was serious, would it have killed you to refer him to what you thought would have been a more appropriate channel rather than ignoring him?
Re: Student invention grows hundreds of ‘mini-brains’ at once
#5I don't mean to belittle what the kid has done. It's an actually amazing accomplishment, for anyone of any age. But it calls to question a problem. Is there a major issue with cross-disciplinary collaboration within the medical and academic spaces? I would think a mechanical or electrical engineer would consider this to be a fairly trivial application of the tech, yet the medical community seems to be hailing it as a…
It may be, but I'm more concerned with the poor treatment the kid got initially, getting ignored like that. Even if you didn't think he was serious, would it have killed you to refer him to what you thought would have been a more appropriate channel rather than ignoring him?
He didn't pass the right signaling… maybe they're better off by not working with those who dismissed them so easily?
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#6I don't mean to belittle what the kid has done. It's an actually amazing accomplishment, for anyone of any age. But it calls to question a problem. Is there a major issue with cross-disciplinary collaboration within the medical and academic spaces? I would think a mechanical or electrical engineer would consider this to be a fairly trivial application of the tech, yet the medical community seems to be hailing it as a…
It may be, but I'm more concerned with the poor treatment the kid got initially, getting ignored like that. Even if you didn't think he was serious, would it have killed you to refer him to what you thought would have been a more appropriate channel rather than ignoring him?
I don't know. I think I understand the viewpoint. I get emailed by random people all the time. I usually reply to them, and try to be encouraging, unless I'm super harried and it just slips through the cracks. But, as far as I can tell, none of them have really turned into anything. Usually, they end up ignoring my email. There's been dozens over the years and it probably would have been a better use of my time to ignore them.
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#7>“My thought was, okay, let’s just wait. If he is serious, he’s going to ask me again,” says Song, professor of neurology
This is a horribly destructive attitude, that promotes salesmanship over technical talent.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
It may be, but I'm more concerned with the poor treatment the kid got initially, getting ignored like that. Even if you didn't think he was serious, would it have killed you to refer him to what you thought would have been a more appropriate channel rather than ignoring him?
I don't know. I think I understand the viewpoint. I get emailed by random people all the time. I usually reply to them, and try to be encouraging, unless I'm super harried and it just slips through the cracks. But, as far as I can tell, none of them have really turned into anything. Usually, they end up ignoring my email. There's been dozens over the years and it probably would have been a better use of my time to ig…
Could you send a form letter inviting them to verify that they are serious?
Re: Student invention grows hundreds of ‘mini-brains’ at once
#9I don't mean to belittle what the kid has done. It's an actually amazing accomplishment, for anyone of any age. But it calls to question a problem. Is there a major issue with cross-disciplinary collaboration within the medical and academic spaces? I would think a mechanical or electrical engineer would consider this to be a fairly trivial application of the tech, yet the medical community seems to be hailing it as a…
OTOH, it is a groundswell in the engineering community to notice the medical application. Interdisciplinarians are the hugely valuable applied scientists who unlock the power of ideas.
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#10I don't mean to belittle what the kid has done. It's an actually amazing accomplishment, for anyone of any age. But it calls to question a problem. Is there a major issue with cross-disciplinary collaboration within the medical and academic spaces? I would think a mechanical or electrical engineer would consider this to be a fairly trivial application of the tech, yet the medical community seems to be hailing it as a…
It may be, but I'm more concerned with the poor treatment the kid got initially, getting ignored like that. Even if you didn't think he was serious, would it have killed you to refer him to what you thought would have been a more appropriate channel rather than ignoring him?
I sympathize with your sentiment, but the amount of mails academics get from people who says they want do work in their group is just overwhelming. Mostly it is Chinese and Indians who want to do a PhD or a postdoc in the group. Those who doesn't make it clear that they understand more than superficially what your position is and what the research group is doing will be rudely ignored.