>>12398431This. Legitimate scientific discussion will either happen at the job, at conferences or seminars, or in writing a review. If you want to get something out there, I'd recommend writing a review. Most PIs have outstanding requests, and they'll have grad students or postdocs write them. I wrote one after I defended and before I moved on to my postdoc, it was a worthwhile experience. Took more time than I thought (and, no, you can't repackage your dissertation intro chapter, as people say), but I was able to go through the field, highlight interesting work, identify some questions, and suggest new avenues to pursue.
>>12400232I agree, this board leans towards physical sciences. I'm in the life sciences, in one of the quantitative fields, have training in both. Doesn't mean there aren't decent discussions here in biomedical/biological sciences, but I'd agree this is better for physics/math/computer people.
>>12398394I don't have a account on Reddit, maybe I don't know what I'm talking about here? I've been there a few times, and I would say this isn't the case. Most discussions in my discipline top out at around a "lower-level graduate student" knowledge base. I don't think I've ever seen a discussion that would be appropriate for a senior-level grad student or post-doc.
