A genius is someone who takes a complex thing and makes it look simple. An academic does the opposite.

  • -- Robert Fanney 罗伯特·范尼

天才就是把一件复杂的事情简单化。而学者则恰恰相反。

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To the extent that tenure supports academic freedom, I support tenure. I want no person or system to have any power, real or apparent, to chill academic freedom.

就终身职位支持学术自由而言,我支持终身职位。我不希望任何人或任何制度有任何权力,无论是真实的还是表面的,来压制学术自由。

I'm not one of those professors whose office is encased floor-to-ceiling with books. By the way, I think academics do this to intimidate their visitors.

我不是那种办公室里堆满书的教授。顺便说一下,我认为学者们这样做是为了恐吓他们的访客。