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A few days ago I received some pretty ridiculous excerpts from the referees of my grant applications in the mail. It's really hard to tell from these excerpts what the reviewers wanted to express. Unfortunately, I only have the excerpts to go after and they reek so much of short-sightedness, over-workedness, ignorance or simply laziness that I'm currently considering translating and publishing these excerpts here.Anywho, I felt reminded of these comments when I stumbled over a quote from Nobel laureate Eric Kandel. I visited Eric in his lab in 1998 and chat with him whenever we happen to run into each other (and of course I cite his work,
). So I can just imagine hearing him say in his slight New York accent (think Woody Allen):"I also think it is important to be bold, to tackle difficult problems, especially those that appear initially to be messy and unstructured. One should not be afraid to try new things, such as moving from one field to another or working at the boundaries of different disciplines, for it is at the borders that some of the most interesting problems reside."
Maybe one of the referees who donated time out of their busy schedules to decide over whether I'd be unemployed or continue research, stumbles over this post and gives the quote a minute or so of thinking over.
No offense, dear colleague
UPDATE (July 27, 2006): I'd like to supplement this little rant with a quote from the new DFG president Matthias Kleiner:
"Develop an appetite for science," [...] "Be curious and look to the right and left alongside the path you choose."
Posted on Tuesday 27 June 2006 - 17:53:09 comment: 0
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