"To prove we knew what we were talking about"
A comment to the Breitbart post Author quits Daily Beast after plagiarism claims stated:
I really don't know since I am not in the journalism business. But I did several research papers and projects in graduate Engineering school in the fields of robotics, conveyors, bar code scanners etc. in order to write up progress reports on what we had done and what we proposed to do for future projects as additional research work. Our professors made it clear that we should cite at least 10 articles or published papers in order to prove that we knew what we were talking about and also to keep abreast of current technology. If we did not include a technical bibliography, we got an F...no questions asked. I guess journalist classes don't teach footnotes and bibliographies anymore.
Although the US Patent Office does NOT require patent applicants to do a literature search, it would not be a bad idea to apply this school approach --to prove that we knew what we were talking about and also to keep abreast of current technology.--
As to the plagiarism of Gerald Posner, see
On Gerald Posner and "accidental plagiarism"
**As to keeping up with current trends, from a post Does it really matter where you get your PhD?
I got my PhD in Chemistry from a 'State University' in south east US (recently). Worked with an advisor that was not affraid to tell you that you were stupid and make you cry during weekly (6 hour long) lab meetings. We were expected to stay current in our research areas and provide high level weekly updates in addition our weekly PowerPoint presentations; we also had biweekly journal clubs. We were expected to work from 8am to 5pm (at least) and spend one full day in lab on the weekends.
I landed a job in big pharma (WITHOUT MY ADVISORS HELP AND NO POST) before I even defended my PhD. You have to find an advisor that will coach/mentor you and make the PhD difficult, as it should be (one that graduates many Masters level students and few PhDs).
Another comment disparaged '60s folks:
My lab partner has a PhD in biochemistry from an eastern ivy league college. Impressed? He's also a burned out stoner from the 60's who seems capable only of following written protocols. He has no publications and has never had an innovative idea
Einstein got a mention:
"On 30 April, 1905, Einstein completed his thesis with Alfred Kleiner, Professor of Experimental Physics, serving as pro-forma advisor. Einstein was awarded a PhD by the University of Zurich. His dissertation was entitled A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions"
I really don't know since I am not in the journalism business. But I did several research papers and projects in graduate Engineering school in the fields of robotics, conveyors, bar code scanners etc. in order to write up progress reports on what we had done and what we proposed to do for future projects as additional research work. Our professors made it clear that we should cite at least 10 articles or published papers in order to prove that we knew what we were talking about and also to keep abreast of current technology. If we did not include a technical bibliography, we got an F...no questions asked. I guess journalist classes don't teach footnotes and bibliographies anymore.
Although the US Patent Office does NOT require patent applicants to do a literature search, it would not be a bad idea to apply this school approach --to prove that we knew what we were talking about and also to keep abreast of current technology.--
As to the plagiarism of Gerald Posner, see
On Gerald Posner and "accidental plagiarism"
**As to keeping up with current trends, from a post Does it really matter where you get your PhD?
I got my PhD in Chemistry from a 'State University' in south east US (recently). Worked with an advisor that was not affraid to tell you that you were stupid and make you cry during weekly (6 hour long) lab meetings. We were expected to stay current in our research areas and provide high level weekly updates in addition our weekly PowerPoint presentations; we also had biweekly journal clubs. We were expected to work from 8am to 5pm (at least) and spend one full day in lab on the weekends.
I landed a job in big pharma (WITHOUT MY ADVISORS HELP AND NO POST) before I even defended my PhD. You have to find an advisor that will coach/mentor you and make the PhD difficult, as it should be (one that graduates many Masters level students and few PhDs).
Another comment disparaged '60s folks:
My lab partner has a PhD in biochemistry from an eastern ivy league college. Impressed? He's also a burned out stoner from the 60's who seems capable only of following written protocols. He has no publications and has never had an innovative idea
Einstein got a mention:
"On 30 April, 1905, Einstein completed his thesis with Alfred Kleiner, Professor of Experimental Physics, serving as pro-forma advisor. Einstein was awarded a PhD by the University of Zurich. His dissertation was entitled A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions"
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