Re: [DIYbio] Now I need to do something practically!

On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Dakota Hamill <dkotes@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1,000 lecture/reading hours = 1 hour in the lab
>

I've heard the opposite too though, 1 hour in the journal section is
worth 10 in the lab, etc... I think it depends on the scale and scope
of a project/goal, actually.

> Hands on experience will trump only reading every single time, in the
> sciences and in every other trade, but combine the two and you can be a
> great force of change!
>
> Would you hire someone who read about putting nails into wood for 10 years
> in books, or someone who was a carpenter's apprentice for one summer?

For instance, I might be more inclined to ask the bookworm for advice
on building a sky scraper from the ground up over a 1 summer
contractor's intern.


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-Nathan

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