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January 06, 2024

Phrases people should not use in talks given to graduate students

  1. "$\forall x \in { \text{graduate school, research, work}},$ Think of $x$ as a marathon instead of a sprint." -- Whoever saying this is significantly over-estimating how athletic grad students are!

  2. "No free lunch" as an expression for tradeoffs in a phenomenon -- Most probably 50% of the students in your audience are there for free lunch!

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