Yes! Thank you for saying that. I see the same in other fields: basically
what I consider mediocre science.
People (such as notably PhD students) often don't even seem to have a clue
why they are doing some kind of research, what the context is, what it
means. They just do it because they are told to.
And the notion of really wanting to know what you are doing and why is
apparently seen as bizarre by some people (ad/supervisors). Which I in turn
find bizarre. It makes me wonder if I am really getting old now, at 45. Have
the times changed that much? Is sloppiness the norm these days? I hope not.
Regards,
Angelina Souren
(once in hard rock, later changed field)
PS
For those of you wanting to improve their presentation skills, check into
Toastmasters. Just spending some time (say, a year) at a good Toastmasters
club can be quite revealing, particularly if you're not, say, American.
http://www.toastmasters.org/ (I was a member of a Dutch Toastmasters club
for a while).
A good talk is not the same as a boring talk, just as a ppt presentations
with irrelevant sunsets and nicely flowing images is not the same as a good
talk.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John F. Dewey" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: Power Point presentations
> Falk has an important point. It is not the powerpoint (the messenger) that
> is at fault. Rather, it is too often the message. 90% of what we hear in
> meetings is unoriginal. There are too many people rediscovering the wheel,
> commonly in elliptical. hyperbolic, or parabolic form.
>
> John Dewey
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