Dear Bernhard,
As I sense from the tone of your message that you might be in
danger of sinking into despondency, may I quote this little gem by
the English playwright Alan Bennett:
"I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is
this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone
peeing in Jermyn Street?"
(as a bit of context, Jermyn Street used to be one of those emblematic
streets in the centre of London, lined up with exclusive shops in
which only members of the ruling class would ever be found, buying
their top quality clothing - shirts, in particular, for that street).
This case, too, may be shocking, but it it might not necessarily
be "the end of civilization as we know it" ... :-) .
With best wishes,
Gerard.
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On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 09:42:08AM -0700, Bernhard Rupp (Hofkristallrat a.D.) wrote:
> > And in this way we can disguise a failure in proper training as a pitfall
> of the automated MR computer programs
>
> Not to appear overly cynical -we have lost that training battle a long time
> ago. Just look at some of the very basic
> questions asked on the board and wonder - is there no supervisor providing
> any guidance? Some of it may
> originate from that in certain environments it is not customary to ask too
> many questions (particularly not those that
> might challenge a superior).
>
> Then compare this with the postdoc job ads, which are best described as
> looking for Jesus Christ - where are these
> geniuses supposed to come from? This discrepancy between poor training,
> particularly affecting structural biologist
> due to deficiencies ingrained already early in the academic curricula, is
> quite striking.
>
> > re-program them to return a 'sorry, try again, no convincing solution
> found' instead of returning the best solution
>
> I think this is a good idea. Require to sit through a lecture on YouTube and
> pass a test to obtain a
> password for access to any expert mode - at one's own risk. That way you
> instill some training even in a
> hopeless case - any maybe it still works. Nothing to lose.
>
> Cheers, BR
>
>
> Nicholas M. Glykos, Department of Molecular Biology
> and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, University Campus,
> Dragana, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece, Tel/Fax (office) +302551030620,
> Ext.77620, Tel (lab) +302551030615, http://utopia.duth.gr/glykos/
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