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This is really good. I have no aspirations to ever have something like this written about me, but I aspire to one day be able to write something similarly good about my own advisor.
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Yeah, the thread you triggered about unhappy PhDs along with learning the news last week sort of inspired it... it's a pity how few "doctor of philosophy" degrees involve any significant teaching or learning of philosophy as such. I lucked out that way.
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He seems like he was a good, pretty holistic fellow, and I am glad to hear about his influence on you. Why didn’t you two keep in touch for longer?
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He was old-fashioned in-person, pen-and-paper-math guy, didn’t really use email much except for work. Plus, I kinda dropped out of the field professionally.
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