Elements of Ph.D., Volume 4

Conjecture of the incremental forgetting:

If you don’t keep a lab notebook, you’ll soon forget about everything you think of. If you do keep one, you’ll soon forget to write on it.

Comment on the above conjecture:

There is widespread belief that the conjecture of the incremental forgetting is true. If you can prove the conjecture wrong or at least prove that the second part is wrong, you can get your Ph.D. immediately, using your lab notebook as your dissertation.

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