Has the ocean temperature risen again? Are you tired of dressing like an onion to adapt to 15 degrees of change in a day? Here we have a cooling question. Peter asks:
If you had infinite funding, what would you do?
Dear Peter,
If I had infinite funding, you’d find me setting up my new office at the bottom of the Mariana Trench – because if you’re going big, might as well go seven miles deep, right? What kind of a hypothetical question, is this? It’s like challenging the pressure limits of my banana-shaped spine, desperately attempting not to crumble into dust. Yet, instead of defying the laws of physics, I find myself contemplating the pressure of infinite funding suddenly becoming a reality.
Now, I’ve come to terms with the reality that my sassiness might not single-handedly fix the broken academia, but with boundless resources, I’d create well-paid 5-year postdoc positions for the bright minds that deserve more than fleeting opportunities -or maybe completely remove postdoc positions and create job security, I’m getting ahead of myself and attempting to fix the crack(l)ing chair-. But let’s be real, the initial update would be extensive fieldwork and three more oversized screens – because who needs a panoramic view of the Mariana Trench when you can have a panoramic view of data? Priorities, right?
Yours truly,
The Sassy Scientist
P.S. Are you a banana? or the moon? Then why do you have a horrible posture? I mean us all, scientists sitting in front of a computer.
P.P.S. If you don’t get the popular culture reference above, check ketnipz video on posture
P.P.P.S. Wouldn’t it be cool to have an observatory somewhere in between Mariana Trench and Volcano Trench?
