What Ethiopian runners taught me about reading scientific literature
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Or, how to go from overeating Italian food to winning marathons, if you are Ethiopian
Part 2 of 2. (previous part here) Someone once told me about their friend who’d convinced MIT to pay for them to go to Burning Man. The first time he attended the festival, he told the school he wanted to study its unique gifting economy. But when he got back, he “realized” he’d either lost some data or really needed to collect more. This meant he had to go again. Burning Man; pictured above: maybe also graduate students? Source: Getty images. Halfway through my PhD, I was restless; I didn’t think I could go on crazy research adventures like Burning Man Guy because I was in a biophysics…
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