Research doesn't get taught, there's few to no classes about it. People usually teach themselves and learn by example from supervisors and colleagues.
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I’ve made a habit of helping rescue brilliant Thiel fellow types, who oft lack such a community of practice in research, into the most open-minded bio PhD programs/advisors/labs who themselves like to “hack the system“ a bit. & I’m in one myself now as a newbie to AI in my 30’s.
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This is extremely interesting; the Fellows program was a fascinating experiment, but I was afraid it might have exactly this downside. I’d love to learn more about how it has gone for people.
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I can’t imagine pulling this off without a quid pro quo, unless you found an amazingly generous advisor/community.
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Right; the semi-explicit deal is mentoring in exchange for work on the advisor’s overall project.
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Maybe offer to co-author a book, akin to
@KevinSimler and@robinhanson. Research mentor gets a book, researcher learns the ropes.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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