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36 | Laurence Hurst and the slime mold model of discovery

Night Science

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The Importance of Analogous Science Communication

"I reckon if i can't explain the idea i'm not sure i've understood the idea yes because i'm a lot of this sort of slime oldie tendrils going out one way tendrils go out the other way" "Some of the most challenging teaching is teaching the first years it's all the stuff that we sort of thought we knew because of the government you didn't actually know it when you actually have to explain it" 'i'd be very firm that good researchers should teach for both their own sake and for the sake of the studentsYeah i think teaching keeps you honest in a sense yes i think it does'

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