I find it a little ironic that academia talks so much about intellectual humil… · @noahatwhere · TwKit

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I find it a little ironic that academia talks so much about intellectual humility, yet some people seem genuinely offended by the idea of a PI hiring someone smarter than themselves. Isn’t that the entire point of training the next generation of researchers? A PI’s job isn’t to remain the smartest person in the lab. It’s to provide the environment, resources, and judgment that allow talented people to do work they couldn’t do alone. If your students never surpass you, what exactly have you accomplished as a mentor? Academia should be about advancing human knowledge, not preserving the intellectual hierarchy of professors.

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