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NNadir

(37,027 posts) Tue Dec 2, 2025, 07:01 AM Yesterday

I just reviewed the slides my son gave for his Ph.D. proposal, and excerpted his paper on the topic. [View all]

It's way over my head.

That makes me a happy father; my son's work is way over my head.

It's all one can ever hope for, a son going far beyond himself.

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I just reviewed the slides my son gave for his Ph.D. proposal, and excerpted his paper on the topic. [View all] NNadir Yesterday OP

You must be very proud Redleg Yesterday #1

He is not in your research field, is he ? drray23 Yesterday #2

I get your point. My son did a paper on the benefits of clowns running the government but Wonder Why Yesterday #3

No, he's a nuclear engineer, but that said, I have spent close to 40 years studying, in an autodidactic way... NNadir Yesterday #4

I read the thesis of one of my troops going for his masters degree LogDog75 22 hrs ago #5

Passive Voice ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #6