Professor on academia: surrounded by brilliant people — great for science, devastating for self-esteem
prof_kamilov · x · 2026-10-20
A professor muses that academia means being surrounded by exceptionally smart people — "wonderful for science, and absolutely devastating for self-esteem." Academic self-deprecating humor.
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