Comments on: Haven’t achieved anything in life? http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/07/18/havent-achieved-anything-in-life/ life, life in science, miscellaneous thoughts Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:02:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: drshellie http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/07/18/havent-achieved-anything-in-life/#comment-66 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:25:11 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/07/18/havent-achieved-anything-in-life/#comment-66 So would you rather see productivity as a function of fraction of age at death? ;) So would you rather see productivity as a function of fraction of age at death? ;)

]]> by: Lab Lemming http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/07/18/havent-achieved-anything-in-life/#comment-64 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:34:55 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/07/18/havent-achieved-anything-in-life/#comment-64 Without any data on relative longevity, it is hard to make sense of this. For example: "Artists in this group produced their most valuable pieces later in their careers – Willem de Kooning at 43, Mark Rothko at 54," How many peoples' careers end at 50? Without any data on relative longevity, it is hard to make sense of this. For example:

“Artists in this group produced their most valuable pieces later in their careers – Willem de Kooning at 43, Mark Rothko at 54,”

How many peoples’ careers end at 50?

]]> by: SFGary http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/07/18/havent-achieved-anything-in-life/#comment-62 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:31:01 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/07/18/havent-achieved-anything-in-life/#comment-62 That's good news... however since my timimg has always been a bit unreliable, I just hope that it happens before I die. I don't want a Eureka moment or the mailman bringing me my big IPO payout check just before I ship out. That’s good news… however since my timimg has always been a bit unreliable, I just hope that it happens before I die. I don’t want a Eureka moment or the mailman bringing me my big IPO payout check just before I ship out.

]]> by: jo(e) http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/07/18/havent-achieved-anything-in-life/#comment-61 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:53:58 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/07/18/havent-achieved-anything-in-life/#comment-61 That's really fascinating. I've also seen articles (although I don't have them on hand) that suggest that in academia, women peak at a much later age than men do. That sort of makes sense, given the gendered roles our culture still has when it comes to things like raising children. That’s really fascinating.

I’ve also seen articles (although I don’t have them on hand) that suggest that in academia, women peak at a much later age than men do. That sort of makes sense, given the gendered roles our culture still has when it comes to things like raising children.

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