Comments on: Leaves in the web of knowledge http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/11/11/leaves-in-the-web-of-knowledge/ Computer Scientist and Open Scholar: Databases, Information Retrieval, Business Intelligence. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:39:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Helen http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/11/11/leaves-in-the-web-of-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-50253 Helen Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:20:53 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/?p=1463#comment-50253 Interesting. I suspect your ideas about mistakes are true for just about anything.I have no intention of writing a thesis, but in my work it's good to remind myself that making a mistake is not the end of the world, and it probably won't have a lasting effect on my clients.It's not being humble-- just realistic. Interesting. I suspect your ideas about mistakes are true for just about anything.I have no intention of writing a thesis, but in my work it’s good to remind myself that making a mistake is not the end of the world, and it probably won’t have a lasting effect on my clients.It’s not being humble– just realistic.

]]> By: Geoff Wozniak http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/11/11/leaves-in-the-web-of-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-50252 Geoff Wozniak Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:58:41 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/?p=1463#comment-50252 When I finished defending my thesis, one of the examiners said, "The best theses will sit and collect dust." What he meant in the context of the conversation was that a good thesis is something no one will read, but should be something that spurs further research. It may be that working on a branch isn't all that glamourous either. And if you happen to be working on a seed, you probably won't be around to see the branches it produces. When I finished defending my thesis, one of the examiners said, “The best theses will sit and collect dust.” What he meant in the context of the conversation was that a good thesis is something no one will read, but should be something that spurs further research.

It may be that working on a branch isn’t all that glamourous either. And if you happen to be working on a seed, you probably won’t be around to see the branches it produces.

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