I hear they stopped doing it in that dept sometime around MeToo or COVID bc when they finally learned about toxic masculinity? Hope so bc the constant flexing to get attention was sooo uncomfortable/rude/distracting/not-conducive-to-learning, and I really don’t want it to make a comeback anywhere.

PS Obviously there are exceptions - like when speakers specifically encourage questions, or for students during a lecture in class, if something is really confusing or doesn’t work — etc etc etc. But for general seminar talks, I think waiting til the Q&A should be the norm.

I’ll never forget the time a Caltech faculty member, who shall not be named, loudly and aggressively interrupted a ECR’s talk to ask what the scale was on the field photo. 🤦🏻‍♀️

When I was a postdoc at Caltech, some of the faculty & grad students constantly did this & it drove many of us up the wall but we couldn’t say anything to the powerful faculty & their grad students because we were scared of the repercussions. So I’m saying it now. Plz, just wait til the end.

When multiple ppl do it, it grows into a contest of who can ask the harder more probing questions. This does not create a supportive environment for collective learning. Half the time the question gets answered in a future slide. Plz be patient and wait til the Q&A.

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