Dr. Brian Keating
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Yeah, that's what I... So often, and this is why I was drawn to Peterson Academy. I've been a professor for 21 years. You know, it's part of my identity as a human being, one of many. And I think...
Yeah, that's what I... So often, and this is why I was drawn to Peterson Academy. I've been a professor for 21 years. You know, it's part of my identity as a human being, one of many. And I think...
For me, the opportunity to do something completely new, novel, and really interact with the type of intellect, the curiosity that hasn't been beaten out because they don't have to learn partial differential equations.
For me, the opportunity to do something completely new, novel, and really interact with the type of intellect, the curiosity that hasn't been beaten out because they don't have to learn partial differential equations.
For me, the opportunity to do something completely new, novel, and really interact with the type of intellect, the curiosity that hasn't been beaten out because they don't have to learn partial differential equations.
And they don't have to learn how to solder together a data acquisition system and all sorts of other things that are very important for professional physicists that aspire to do them. maybe some of them will. And I've, in fact, been encountered by people that do want to take that course further than when I presented in Peterson Academy.
And they don't have to learn how to solder together a data acquisition system and all sorts of other things that are very important for professional physicists that aspire to do them. maybe some of them will. And I've, in fact, been encountered by people that do want to take that course further than when I presented in Peterson Academy.
And they don't have to learn how to solder together a data acquisition system and all sorts of other things that are very important for professional physicists that aspire to do them. maybe some of them will. And I've, in fact, been encountered by people that do want to take that course further than when I presented in Peterson Academy.
But the point being, you know, if you can maintain that wonder, if you can maintain that curiosity, and you are undeterred by failure. You know, I always tell my students, when you solve a problem, guess what you win? You win a ticket to an even harder problem. And that's a good thing. Because that's It's like success in life. It's success, exactly. It's deferring gratification.
But the point being, you know, if you can maintain that wonder, if you can maintain that curiosity, and you are undeterred by failure. You know, I always tell my students, when you solve a problem, guess what you win? You win a ticket to an even harder problem. And that's a good thing. Because that's It's like success in life. It's success, exactly. It's deferring gratification.
But the point being, you know, if you can maintain that wonder, if you can maintain that curiosity, and you are undeterred by failure. You know, I always tell my students, when you solve a problem, guess what you win? You win a ticket to an even harder problem. And that's a good thing. Because that's It's like success in life. It's success, exactly. It's deferring gratification.
But the thing about science, Jordan, as you know, you can't win science. You know, science is an infinite game, as Dweck would call it, right? There's no such thing as completing. You've come to the end of science. No one will ever do that. No one will ever complete science. You may have the most knowledge. You may have a stack of Nobel Prizes, et cetera.
But the thing about science, Jordan, as you know, you can't win science. You know, science is an infinite game, as Dweck would call it, right? There's no such thing as completing. You've come to the end of science. No one will ever do that. No one will ever complete science. You may have the most knowledge. You may have a stack of Nobel Prizes, et cetera.
But the thing about science, Jordan, as you know, you can't win science. You know, science is an infinite game, as Dweck would call it, right? There's no such thing as completing. You've come to the end of science. No one will ever do that. No one will ever complete science. You may have the most knowledge. You may have a stack of Nobel Prizes, et cetera.
But you can't complete science because Mother Nature is undefeatable because she's an infinite array of ever-retreating forces that I think Wigner called it. And the point being, it's confusing because there's an ambiguity. The human mind hates ambiguity because we know to get a tenured position is a finite game. There's only so many professors that can get it.
But you can't complete science because Mother Nature is undefeatable because she's an infinite array of ever-retreating forces that I think Wigner called it. And the point being, it's confusing because there's an ambiguity. The human mind hates ambiguity because we know to get a tenured position is a finite game. There's only so many professors that can get it.
But you can't complete science because Mother Nature is undefeatable because she's an infinite array of ever-retreating forces that I think Wigner called it. And the point being, it's confusing because there's an ambiguity. The human mind hates ambiguity because we know to get a tenured position is a finite game. There's only so many professors that can get it.
To get the highest score on a test, to get into graduate school, to get a post, all these things. So science is comprised— It's an infinite game comprised of all these finite games. Nobel Prize, it only goes to three people. So how do you navigate in those realms?
To get the highest score on a test, to get into graduate school, to get a post, all these things. So science is comprised— It's an infinite game comprised of all these finite games. Nobel Prize, it only goes to three people. So how do you navigate in those realms?
To get the highest score on a test, to get into graduate school, to get a post, all these things. So science is comprised— It's an infinite game comprised of all these finite games. Nobel Prize, it only goes to three people. So how do you navigate in those realms?