San Choudhury
@san-choudhury.bsky.social
PhD in social science | I like to read, write, and think | social critic focusing on knowledge, research, and science
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May 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
'Don't let your education get in the way of your learning' - Mark Twain
this quote from one of my particpants just summing up my PhD experience 🙃
April 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
'Don't let your education get in the way of your learning' - Mark Twain
Reposted by San Choudhury
I’ve always been perplexed by people who need to leave the planet in order to realise how precious and beautiful it is.
April 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’ve always been perplexed by people who need to leave the planet in order to realise how precious and beautiful it is.
My five year old says I’m the kind of doctor that can “help people with ideas.” 😂 So, if you require word surgery or idea management, I’m there for you 😉 #PhinisheD #PhDone
April 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I’ve joined a research team where nobody uses a reference management software. I have found my tribe.
#academicsky #research
#academicsky #research
April 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I’ve joined a research team where nobody uses a reference management software. I have found my tribe.
#academicsky #research
#academicsky #research
is it completely normal to have multiple pdfs of the same paper on your computer or am I weird like that?
#litreviewlife #academicsky
#litreviewlife #academicsky
April 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
is it completely normal to have multiple pdfs of the same paper on your computer or am I weird like that?
#litreviewlife #academicsky
#litreviewlife #academicsky
Reposted by San Choudhury
On today of all days, with Princeton now in the Trump administration's crosshairs, I taught my undergraduates about standpoint epistemology, strong objectivity, and communities of knowledge.
On how our unique perspectives as individuals don't threaten the scientific project. They strengthen it.
On how our unique perspectives as individuals don't threaten the scientific project. They strengthen it.
April 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
On today of all days, with Princeton now in the Trump administration's crosshairs, I taught my undergraduates about standpoint epistemology, strong objectivity, and communities of knowledge.
On how our unique perspectives as individuals don't threaten the scientific project. They strengthen it.
On how our unique perspectives as individuals don't threaten the scientific project. They strengthen it.
“Framed as a push for ‘neutrality’, Trump-era policies are not just defunding certain kinds of research — they are stripping science of its connection to real lives. When science stops serving society, it stops being progress.”
tinyurl.com/msut7ymw #academicsky #science
tinyurl.com/msut7ymw #academicsky #science
Science Has Left Earth
The sciences have taken their cue from the art of making and fabricating, but they no...
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April 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“Framed as a push for ‘neutrality’, Trump-era policies are not just defunding certain kinds of research — they are stripping science of its connection to real lives. When science stops serving society, it stops being progress.”
tinyurl.com/msut7ymw #academicsky #science
tinyurl.com/msut7ymw #academicsky #science
you know you’re doing a lit review when you have 45 tabs open on chrome, 9 pdfs on Adobe, 5 word documents, and your computer is starting to get noisy cuz it hasn’t been shut down for some time now
#academicsky
#academicsky
April 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
you know you’re doing a lit review when you have 45 tabs open on chrome, 9 pdfs on Adobe, 5 word documents, and your computer is starting to get noisy cuz it hasn’t been shut down for some time now
#academicsky
#academicsky
Being an academic is asking for a meeting in March, getting back a response in April to arrange a meeting for May.
#academicsky
#academicsky
April 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Being an academic is asking for a meeting in March, getting back a response in April to arrange a meeting for May.
#academicsky
#academicsky
Can Franz Kafka’s ‘Researches of a Dog’ teach us anything about research and knowledge production? thescholarlyletter.scholar-square.com/p/research-l...
#academicsky #phdsky
#academicsky #phdsky
March 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Can Franz Kafka’s ‘Researches of a Dog’ teach us anything about research and knowledge production? thescholarlyletter.scholar-square.com/p/research-l...
#academicsky #phdsky
#academicsky #phdsky
My two favourite things in the world are: sleep and coffee. The tragedy is: the two are anti-thesis to each other.
March 15, 2025 at 6:19 AM
My two favourite things in the world are: sleep and coffee. The tragedy is: the two are anti-thesis to each other.
March 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I successfully defended my PhD thesis last Thursday, passed without getting any corrections (except typos), and this Monday I’m still processing the fact that this chapter of my life which was 4.5 years long has come to an end.
#academicsky #phd #phdsky
#academicsky #phd #phdsky
March 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I successfully defended my PhD thesis last Thursday, passed without getting any corrections (except typos), and this Monday I’m still processing the fact that this chapter of my life which was 4.5 years long has come to an end.
#academicsky #phd #phdsky
#academicsky #phd #phdsky
Less than 12 hours until I find out whether I can finally be free of gendered titles.
#PhD #academicsky #viva
#PhD #academicsky #viva
March 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Less than 12 hours until I find out whether I can finally be free of gendered titles.
#PhD #academicsky #viva
#PhD #academicsky #viva
Reposted by San Choudhury
My exceedingly talented co-editor writes about how 'our scientific culture, which claims to be fully objective, constantly relies on creativity and interpretation' in one of the best 🍏 Sunday Reads the @scholarlyletter.bsky.social has published so far.
It's worth 10 mins of your time.
#academicsky
It's worth 10 mins of your time.
#academicsky
Imagination is the foundation of good science, not objectivity. In this week's 🍏Sunday Read, The Critic explores why we see imagination as a danger in research and reminds us that good science must be true not only to its methods but also to its makers.
#academicsky
#academicsky
Science Has an Imagination Problem
We continue to be haunted by the ghosts of scientific past.
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March 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My exceedingly talented co-editor writes about how 'our scientific culture, which claims to be fully objective, constantly relies on creativity and interpretation' in one of the best 🍏 Sunday Reads the @scholarlyletter.bsky.social has published so far.
It's worth 10 mins of your time.
#academicsky
It's worth 10 mins of your time.
#academicsky
The piece I wrote on imagination turned out different from what I imagined it would be before I started writing:
"Science has an imagination problem"
thescholarlyletter.scholar-square.com/p/science-ha...
#academicsky #science
"Science has an imagination problem"
thescholarlyletter.scholar-square.com/p/science-ha...
#academicsky #science
Science Has an Imagination Problem
We continue to be haunted by the ghosts of scientific past.
thescholarlyletter.scholar-square.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The piece I wrote on imagination turned out different from what I imagined it would be before I started writing:
"Science has an imagination problem"
thescholarlyletter.scholar-square.com/p/science-ha...
#academicsky #science
"Science has an imagination problem"
thescholarlyletter.scholar-square.com/p/science-ha...
#academicsky #science
I don't think I struggle to sleep because my research stresses me out. On the contrary, I think it's because I'm addicted to my research.
#phdsky #academicsky
#phdsky #academicsky
February 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I don't think I struggle to sleep because my research stresses me out. On the contrary, I think it's because I'm addicted to my research.
#phdsky #academicsky
#phdsky #academicsky
February 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Take risks… Force myself to think for two pages per day… Don’t scatter myself… Don’t hurry, but work two hours per day, genius or not, even if I believe that it will come to nothing, and confide in someone who will criticize me and take me seriously." - Simone de Beauvoir
#academicsky #writing
#academicsky #writing
February 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"Take risks… Force myself to think for two pages per day… Don’t scatter myself… Don’t hurry, but work two hours per day, genius or not, even if I believe that it will come to nothing, and confide in someone who will criticize me and take me seriously." - Simone de Beauvoir
#academicsky #writing
#academicsky #writing
Good news: my short paper got accepted to a conference. Bad news: I now have to write the full version, but I barely remember what I argued in December and am no longer in the same headspace.
#academicsky #phdsky
#academicsky #phdsky
February 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Good news: my short paper got accepted to a conference. Bad news: I now have to write the full version, but I barely remember what I argued in December and am no longer in the same headspace.
#academicsky #phdsky
#academicsky #phdsky
I've got my PhD defence in 10 days. Advice, words of wisdom, tips welcome (please).
#academicsky #phdsky
#academicsky #phdsky
February 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I've got my PhD defence in 10 days. Advice, words of wisdom, tips welcome (please).
#academicsky #phdsky
#academicsky #phdsky
“As a teenager, I wrote in diaries, notebooks, bits of paper—whatever was at hand. The quality was immaterial; what mattered was the pleasure of writing for its own sake. As I grew older & wrote for an audience, this pleasure was replaced by a sense of being put in a corset.” #academicsky #writing
February 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“As a teenager, I wrote in diaries, notebooks, bits of paper—whatever was at hand. The quality was immaterial; what mattered was the pleasure of writing for its own sake. As I grew older & wrote for an audience, this pleasure was replaced by a sense of being put in a corset.” #academicsky #writing