@GrumpyReviewer2 My friend J has a story about how his family somehow got into a heated dinner argument about the species problem (in philosophy of biology). He sat back and listened until one of them finally remembered that J had just published the definitive book on that exact topic.
@GrumpyReviewer2 I heard my own supervisor explain my thesis subject to someone else and yes, same
@GrumpyReviewer2 ‘Oh, he had to write a term paper to get his PhD. Then he turned it in. I think he’s done now.’
@GrumpyReviewer2 I rewrote my dissertation in lay language for my family. Or at least I tried
