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The Meaning Of Human Existence, And The Search For Alien Life - Avi Loeb

The Joe Walker Podcast

CHAPTER

The Opposites of Tenure in Science

Scientists first amass some career achievements get tenure get job security and then start to do whatever they want once they have that safety net. Why is it not a good strategy to view these two opposites sequentially rather than as opposites? We should use tenure as a vehicle to explore many possibilities and what you know the majority of people say or the mainstream says yeah.

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