Professor's Joke: Every PhD Student Has an Idea Too Good to Google Yet
prof_kamilov · x · 2026-10-03
Ulugbek Kamilov, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, quipped that every PhD student eventually has an idea so good they postpone searching Google Scholar for a few days — capturing the all-too-familiar mix of excitement and fear of discovering prior work. The one-liner resonated widely in academic circles.
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