POTN Academics' Thread

PetKal wrote in post #2303150
By "academics" I mean folks with a bona fide doctorate of phylosophy....

If you had spelt that right I would have been worried, altought it would have explained a few behavioural quirks.

Moppie wrote in post #2305364
If you had spelt that right I would have been worried, altought it would have explained a few behavioural quirks.

I can't spell wortha dime , Mopper.

Well, give me another week or so and I'll be one. I defend my thesis on the 30th.

PetKal wrote in post #2304887
If you can find a sponsor, then you need no school beyond grade 8.
Should your sponsor be a well to do lady which you happen to fall in love with and v.v., then the whole world is at your feet, my boy. You could have any lens/camera your little heart fancies. Beats having to work for living any day.
Do you see how many guys are chatting on here every day, all day, not a worry in the world. Well, mah boy, I think those guys either have a well heeled sponsor or they are Canon shills, perhaps both.

Those guys posting all day are the guys, working in the same field as my dad, called IT. They sit infront of a computer "pretending" to do work, while in reality browsing forums, and doing about 2 minutes of work a week. Ever since the invention of the internet and forums and the popularity they have grossed, people have no longer had to follow in the footsteps of the main actor in office space.

In reality, I'm actually debating whether post secondary school is for me or not, because I am thinking of starting a business and using some of my other skills / things I enjoy in my future. It is depressing for me to see all these people who get a Uni degree, and either get no job, get a job and hate it, or decide after getting a job it is not for them and going into another field either having nothing to do with there degree, or going back to school to get a degree for whatever they have decided to do.

Man of 1000 Ages wrote in post #2305389
Well, give me another week or so and I'll be one. I defend my thesis on the 30th.

OK, OK...give me 3 guesses:

(1) Changing role of women in the 21st century Des Moines, Iowa society.
(2) Fortran VII application on coding of 3-D smilies.
(3) Nodal analysis of "Blackberry" communications paradigm shift.

PetKal wrote in post #2305438
OK, OK...give me 3 guesses:

(1) Changing role of women in the 21st century Des Moines, Iowa society.
(2) Fortran VII application on coding of 3-D smilies.
(3) Nodal analysis of "Blackberry" communications paradigm shift.

Actually, "A Proof-Theoretic Approach to Mathematical Knowledge Management."

Man of 1000 Ages wrote in post #2305446
Actually, "A Proof-Theoretic Approach to Mathematical Knowledge Management."

Is that pedagogy ? Like management of math knowledge ?
Or math, like using math to manage knowledge ?
Or something "synergetic" ?
Extremely interesting, good luck with it.
Keep the presentation as simple and possible and have lottsa pertinent exibits and visuals. Lead them to ask you questions in the areas of your strength.

PetKal wrote in post #2305480

Is that pedagogy ? Like management of math knowledge ?
Or math, like using math to manage knowledge ?
Or something "synergetic" ?
Extremely interesting, good luck with it.
Keep the presentation as simple and possible and have lottsa pertinent exibits and visuals. Lead them to ask you questions in the areas of your strength.

And whatever you do, don't wear clown shoes. That never helps.

PetKal wrote in post #2305480

Is that pedagogy ? Like management of math knowledge ?
Or math, like using math to manage knowledge ?
Or something "synergetic" ?
Extremely interesting, good luck with it.
Keep the presentation as simple and possible and have lottsa pertinent exibits and visuals. Lead them to ask you questions in the areas of your strength.

Yes, it is the management of mathematical knowledge. In particular, I looked at the representation of mathematical proofs and ways to capture their relationships formally in a library for say, an automated theorem prover (I'm in computer science).

Enough with the math crap. You guys are beginning to bore me.

PetKal wrote in post #2305377
I can't spell wortha dime , Mopper.

You should see my maths.

Actualy it would have proven my threory your a missing member of Monty Python

Moppie wrote in post #2305604
You should see my maths.

Actualy it would have proven my threory your a missing member of Monty Python

First Dr.Ludjak here calls me a sch**ck, then a Newz equates me to a member.....I am really gaining hard on respect around here.

Man of 1000 Ages wrote in post #2305511
Yes, it is the management of mathematical knowledge. In particular, I looked at the representation of mathematical proofs and ways to capture their relationships formally in a library for say, an automated theorem prover (I'm in computer science).

If you can't present the thesis using the form of mime then it ain't worth a dime IMO ... and I speak from experience having already achieving a wide range of pointless honorifics

Who do you think he is, Marcel Marceau?

MDJAK wrote in post #2308392
Who do you think he is, Marcel Marceau?

No, but he is a suitable role model. I'm sure any Belgian or French man could perform mime around any topic. It's a gift. All I ask is that the guy seek to simplify, to distill, the very essense of his thesis into a mine of his own.