Favor rigor over being first: Kundaje's advice on avoiding academic rat races
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-06
Kundaje closes the thread: healthy competition is fine, but always favor rigor over being first, never get paranoid or desperate — science should be fun, and people used to rat races end up messing with their minds.
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