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Today I feel stupid, the way that being in academia for long periods of time without taking classes makes one feel stupid. Also in the way that a so-so meeting with one of one's committee members makes one feel stupid (but maybe I need to panic a little more).
This is probably mostly a product of the fact that I'm still struggling to develop my research program into a coherent story. Today I have decided that what I study is not a superorganism (colonies are often thought to be like organisms, just one level of organization higher, so, superorganisms). Instead, it's a super-DUPER-organism. Not only are leafcutter ant colonies an interesting unit of organization, they also have an interesting relationship with their food source, a fungus. That's what makes them super-DUPER.
I wonder if I will be able to use the term "super-DUPER-organism" in any scientific papers. Maybe that should be my new goal in life. My mark in history: usage of the term super-DUPER-organism.
But don't get too carried away with the idea, folks. Let's not even start talking about the super-DUPER-Party-Pooper-organism, which would probably be me, on a Friday night.
This is probably mostly a product of the fact that I'm still struggling to develop my research program into a coherent story. Today I have decided that what I study is not a superorganism (colonies are often thought to be like organisms, just one level of organization higher, so, superorganisms). Instead, it's a super-DUPER-organism. Not only are leafcutter ant colonies an interesting unit of organization, they also have an interesting relationship with their food source, a fungus. That's what makes them super-DUPER.
I wonder if I will be able to use the term "super-DUPER-organism" in any scientific papers. Maybe that should be my new goal in life. My mark in history: usage of the term super-DUPER-organism.
But don't get too carried away with the idea, folks. Let's not even start talking about the super-DUPER-Party-Pooper-organism, which would probably be me, on a Friday night.
