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(part 1): Max Tegmark & Eric Weinstein in Conversation (#106)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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Do You Need an Advisor to Do a PhD in Mathematics?

R. R. asks Eric, what advice would you give to a young person pursuing a PhD in mathematics as he pursued back in the 1980s? "Take an advisor. I didn't have an advisor and I did not understand that you don't need an advisor to do mathematics" He says advisors usually form an impression almost immediately whether you are viable or not - then your department will extract labor from you for a period of time.

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