I'm re-writing my qual. Again.
This time I'm changing one of my specific aims -- getting rid of the comp. bio. one and adding in one where I directly look at the central vestibular system, because that is apparently more cogent.
I find that the amount that I care is inversely proportional to the number of drafts I write (and I haven't even started on the powerpoint yet), and directly proportional to the mugs of tea I've ingested during the writing process. Though admittedly the latter might be correlation without causation, since the amount of tea is probably an attribute to the number of papers that I've had to read for this stupid thing, which does lead to diminishing enthusiasm. (I cannot claim diminishing marginal utility any more than those of you applying to grad school right now can claim diminishing marginal utility over the days you spent on your application. Maybe increasing marginal cost, in terms of sanity?)
(Though I also suspect, given the news lately, that it's a buyer's market on sanity out there right now. See: pirates and Nobel prizes. It's a crazy world out there. Therefore selling sanity would be like, selling air -- unless it comes with some property not found in nature / super shiny packaging, it's a no-go.)
(Can you sell pressurized sanity?)
(More importantly, I suppose: who'd want to buy it?)
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But the air analogy would imply that people can't survive without sanity and that it's in fact free and readily available.
re: the Nobel Prize. It's also given to encourage efforts, not just recognize achievements. Also, the world may or may not be trying to condition the US. "Good president, here's a Nobel Prize. Now go and do stuff we like."
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