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24 vs now

2015-09-23T09:02:22Z

Meme via chagrined. Give me your age and I'll give you a number to do it yourself, if you like!
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Dr Sophie's Guide to Writing Essays While Exhausted

2014-12-15T10:00:06Z

As developed trying to finish a Phd with worsening cfs, and then doing Coursera courses with even worse cfs. I initially wrote this in response to a particular person then realised that in the meantime they'd dropped the class, making it unhelpful. So I guess advice part zero is: sometimes the smartest choice is not to write the essay at all. But if you're going to...

Just sit and type out whatever stream of consciousness thoughts come into your head. Make note of (a)any main ideas which seem good (b) anything you'd like to explore but need more info on. Take a moment to look at your draft and decide if you want to change anything about the overall structure/theme.

Then sit and slowly hit your head against each of the smaller parts. Research any holes. Turn each small idea into a complete paragraph/section. Don't worry about the bigger picture, or about being good.

Throw it all together. Do a rough read through to find any major errors or inconsistencies that jump out at you. Halfass an intro and conclusion by just smooshing together roughly one idea from each paragraph/section with some attempt at an overarching theme.

Once all that's done, consider trying to make it good. Accept it probably never will be.

Hand it in anyway and feel GODDAMN PROUD.

And if you can't do any of that, that's ok.

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Upgoer 5: The main topic of my thesis using the ten thousand most commonly used words

2013-01-29T01:54:08Z

I once wrote a book about how to work out the name of a thing called a "black box group."
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Black box recognition of sporadic simple groups

2010-07-13T10:12:15Z

Since the server is down until who knows when, and I very occasionally find it useful to link to: a description of what my Phd thesis is about, much the same as the link I posted here last January. I tried to make it as accessible as possible but I will understand if the math phobic of you choose not to click :D Sorry for all the tables.

( Warning: contains maths and bad puns )

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