In a state of desperation after weeks of failed and broken lab experiments, I asked my friend who is allowed to use the title 'Doctor:'
"How the hell do you do a PhD?! Because I just don't seem to be getting it!"
He replied,
"I guess when you've done every possible mistake, [there] remains the beautiful truth..."
(followed by some sarcastic comments about how "beautiful" is relative).
Well, fine. I understand that there is meant to be beauty and simplicity underlying all of the faff of spilled fluids and scribbled equations. But why, then, do my current experiments seem to involve finding the most complex way to do something that should be obvious?!
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