MartinB comments on What are useful skills to learn at university? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MartinB 26 August 2012 06:45:07AM 3 points [-]

Not my experience. (Sadly). Most students I interacted with at university were less than interested to talk about subject matters at all.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 August 2012 03:36:53PM 1 point [-]

In my experience, that's why making friends with graduate students can be really valuable. At my university, at least, they tend to be smarter and more willing to talk about their field than other undergraduates.

Comment author: satt 27 August 2012 12:28:43AM 0 points [-]

Probably true at a lot of universities, although it might still be true that you'll have a better hit rate at university than at most other places.

Comment author: MartinB 27 August 2012 11:14:04AM 1 point [-]

Yes.

I think I found quite a few groups where the group topic was barely talked about outside of formal events. To some degree thats normal and good. It just irritates me when the rate is extremely low.