S3E2 - Academia and Failure

Episode 2 of the Desi Academia Podcast podcast, hosted by Desi Academia Podcast, titled "S3E2 - Academia and Failure" was published on February 24, 2024 and runs 110 minutes.

February 24, 2024 ·110m · Desi Academia Podcast

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Summary

We discuss what failure means in the context of academic research: how we learn when our research goes in unexpected directions, publishing negative results, dealing with imposter syndrome and peer reviewers, and learning from our mistakes. Recommendations Tech Won't Save Us Podcast https://techwontsave.us/episode/189_elon_musk_unmasked_origins_of_an_oligarch_part_1 The Rest is History- Baghdad https://therestishistory.com/378-baghdad-the-golden-age/ Longitudinal evidence that infants develop their imitation abilities by being imitated https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223011648 The conservative vision of liberal education in India https://caravanmagazine.in/education/ashoka-university-private-universities-caste-sabyasachi-das Intermediate levels of scientific knowledge are associated with overconfidence and negative attitudes towards science https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01677-8 Data and Power: Deconstructing Surveillance, Tufts University https://ricknabb.medium.com/data-and-power-deconstructing-surveillance-week-1-cff5517c21e2 White Noise: White Noise is the definitive inside story of the alt-right A Nobel prize for failure https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2012/oct/09/neuroscience Dr. Kariko's interview https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/health/coronavirus-mrna-kariko.html

Episode Description

We discuss what failure means in the context of academic research: how we learn when our research goes in unexpected directions, publishing negative results, dealing with imposter syndrome and peer reviewers, and learning from our mistakes.

Recommendations

Tech Won't Save Us Podcast https://techwontsave.us/episode/189_elon_musk_unmasked_origins_of_an_oligarch_part_1
The Rest is History- Baghdad https://therestishistory.com/378-baghdad-the-golden-age/
Longitudinal evidence that infants develop their imitation abilities by being imitated https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223011648
The conservative vision of liberal education in India https://caravanmagazine.in/education/ashoka-university-private-universities-caste-sabyasachi-das
Intermediate levels of scientific knowledge are associated with overconfidence and negative attitudes towards science https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01677-8
Data and Power: Deconstructing Surveillance, Tufts University https://ricknabb.medium.com/data-and-power-deconstructing-surveillance-week-1-cff5517c21e2
White Noise: White Noise is the definitive inside story of the alt-right
A Nobel prize for failure https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2012/oct/09/neuroscience
Dr. Kariko's interview https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/health/coronavirus-mrna-kariko.html

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