Comment on Advice to a Beginning Graduate StudentComments−johnrds12yThe best advice to beginning graduate students is: Don't do it. Graduate school is the modern incarnation of The Emperor's New Clothes.−norswap12yI think you're getting downvoted because you didn't substantiate. So, why shouldn't one do it? What do you mean "it's the emperor new clothes"?−pedrosorio12yhttp://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes−norswap12yI knew what the expression meant, just wondering why he made that claim.
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The best advice to beginning graduate students is: Don't do it. Graduate school is the modern incarnation of The Emperor's New Clothes.
I think you're getting downvoted because you didn't substantiate. So, why shouldn't one do it? What do you mean "it's the emperor new clothes"?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes
I knew what the expression meant, just wondering why he made that claim.