This is #brutal - but #self #criticism is exactly needed in #academia https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-0.. One comment in particular is particularly awful: "I'm in the middle of a PhD. It's kind of sad to say this but if I rediscover my inner final-year undergrad I'm pretty sure I'd have trouble graduating": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=278.. Ouch. I wonder whether my work so far lives up to the expectations I have of others. Worth reflection.