A recent question on Quora was: “What Does a PhD student know that a MS student doesn’t”? I started to write my opinion and realized that it was going to take a while so stopped. But after some reflection, this what I think – blurbed out here instead of Quora.
Author: Ed Medley
Ed Medley has been on a random walk for over 50 years. Many scribbles and snapshots at this site are from his vagabond transits; others are from his decades of international experience in geological and geotechnical engineering, academia, and mineral exploration prospecting.
Lost in Migration/Translation
Posted on October 24, 2020 by Ed Medley A couple of weeks ago, a colleague in Iran suggested gently that my bimrocks.com site needed some overhaul. He had found it useful when starting his research a few years ago but now thinks it should be improved. He is right, I realized abashedly. After far too many years of…
lights
sitting amidst crowds I look up at lights solitary stars accompanied It has been 4 years since I wrote anything on the website here be a haiku written in 2014 and retrieved 6 years later still not too-decayed. Mayhap I am decaying…
Festive Friday! (Creative Altruism)
I am taking a 6-week online course: “A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment“. It is actually a happy and fulfilling course. Lots of fun. The third week Assignment is “Creative Altruism” – an exercise in which I (and tens of thousands of other students around the world) do something cost-effective that adds some joy and excitement…