tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post116965200717380427..comments2024-02-17T07:59:18.705-08:00Comments on Grad Student Madness: A Modest Proposal for Gentle ReadersRufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1169741277484908212007-01-25T08:07:00.000-08:002007-01-25T08:07:00.000-08:00I keep getting in this situation in which someone ...<I>I keep getting in this situation in which someone asks me a question, I give them a thoughtful answer in return, and they look at me like I'm a prick!</I><BR/><BR/>Heh. That's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1169693210467243252007-01-24T18:46:00.000-08:002007-01-24T18:46:00.000-08:00Hiromi- I hate reading books online as well. It's ...Hiromi- I hate reading books online as well. It's the headaches that you get after a page. It's fascinating to me that, if I wrote a 20-page political treatise, printed it up, and handed it out to people, it would seem like a nice, short read. But, if I posted the same amount of text here, it would seem excruciatingly long. Technologies train the brain to accept information in their way. Books online are like sandwiches online.<BR/><BR/>As for other people, it probably has something to do with location. Here in upstate NY, I keep getting in this situation in which someone asks me a question, I give them a thoughtful answer in return, and they look at me like I'm a prick!Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1169681474900170112007-01-24T15:31:00.000-08:002007-01-24T15:31:00.000-08:00Isn't that weird too? I never felt like I was part...Isn't that weird too? I never felt like I was particularly swift at math. But, if I take it slow, I can learn it. I'd say that the stuff that takes you a few weeks to figure out, probably takes me a few months to get. Most people I meet seem to think that you're either able to do the highest level problems while in the cradle, or you might as well forget it. Maybe that's the Good Will Hunting effect!Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1169671728008342012007-01-24T12:48:00.000-08:002007-01-24T12:48:00.000-08:00Not reading is definitely a concern, but let us al...Not reading is definitely a concern, but let us also mourn how incredibly fashionable it is to be useless at math.Greg von Winckelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187475294800057360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1169668942215030062007-01-24T12:02:00.000-08:002007-01-24T12:02:00.000-08:00I hate reading books online. I hate reading most t...I hate reading books online. I hate reading most things online, in fact. the only things I read online are the occasional blog and email. I prefer reading newspapers and books in physical form. Easier on the eyes and neck and wrist.<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking that maybe readers might form some sort of elite, but who am I fooling? People give us the rolleyes at best, and want to beat us up at worst. Secret society it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com