tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post611054459626837096..comments2023-10-30T12:26:15.822+01:00Comments on Research as a Second Language: Intellectual InjuriesThomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-34880002335309394492010-10-21T09:15:51.957+02:002010-10-21T09:15:51.957+02:00Yes, heartbreak was the subject of my next post. I...Yes, heartbreak was the subject of my <a href="http://secondlanguage.blogspot.com/2010/09/intellectual-insults.html" rel="nofollow">next post</a>. I agree that one of the sources of "hurt" in academia is the carelessness of others. In sports, you need a certain amount of toughness (thick skin) as a basis, but you may be subjected to some meanness anyway, and that will in fact hurt, even injure.<br /><br />That's what etiquette is all about. But keep that toughness in mind: sometimes a fair check breaks your shoulder because of <i>your</i> inattention, not your opponent's. (A fair criticism, absorbed badly, may put you out of the game for awhile.)<br /><br />Straining to speak the ineffable is a very possible source intellectual injury. Try to articulate it a little bit every day; work on it for an hour or so, then move on, then go back to it the next day. That's my advice. Don't let ideas break your heart. That's not what they're for. Sticks and stones, etc.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-90210305100194728322010-10-21T00:18:54.267+02:002010-10-21T00:18:54.267+02:00Sometimes, scholarly writing can break your heart....Sometimes, scholarly writing can break your heart. Careless reviewing, overly conservative gatekeeping, and plain lack of imagination on the part of others can wound a scholar. And, being unable to articulate -- sometimes even to grasp -- a concept or connection that you know 'exista' but which remains to you ineffable, however temporarily, can also be heartbreaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-76864360743478731952010-09-20T17:15:07.562+02:002010-09-20T17:15:07.562+02:00This is a rich topic...
The greater risk is in r...This is a rich topic... <br /><br />The greater risk is in repetitive motion. Carpal tunnel syndrome from typing; professional "deformation" caused by using the brain in one way too much over the course of many years. Athletes' bodies break down because of repetitive use, the pounding on the knees of runner or b-ball player, bursitis for a tennis player. I think that might be the better analogy than the one time injury, however painful. I hope your rib heals fast.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.com