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drray23

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2. He is not in your research field, is he ?

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 07:59 AM

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I had a similar experience at my daughter's phD defense. She got a phD in neuroscience from John Hopkins and I am a nuclear physicist so of course, I could not grasp most of it.

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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 23 hrs ago #4

I read the thesis of one of my troops going for his masters degree LogDog75 20 hrs ago #5

Passive Voice ProfessorGAC 15 hrs ago #6