Doing will always beat talking, which is why the guys always talk so much about doing. Russ perceives himself as a sometimes-researcher in technical field(s) with semi-technical publications. Terry puts the pressure on to walk the line between sufficient rigor and democratized access to the rarified air of R&D. Questions arise as to the actual quality of that air; many go unanswered for now.

2m 4s Regular humans trying to interact with academia

7m 6s Hostilities, battle lines, staking turf, taking sides. No matter how you want to phrase it, people “from industry” and people “from academia” are sometimes quite judgemental towards one another.

17m 59s Anybody could write a paper and get it in a journal. Not because the journals aren’t rigorous, but because the entire point is to get large volumes of acceptable quality research published. Don’t fall victim to self-gatekeeping.

20m 40s “Parks and Recreation” isn’t a mockumentary series, it’s a parable of good bureacrat vs evil bureacrat. Ron Swanson represents team evil.

20m 50s Terry continues to alienate the individual citizens of greater Louisville for their choices of dogs, facial hair, and general demeanor towards Terry.

27m 28s Retrospectives on accidentally getting over some imposter syndrome.

30m 9s “Get closer to the metal” and find constructive critics of your academic work on the internet. They might not be gentle or nice but that can still be constructive. Stick to it and your research will get better and less insular.