Dr. Dan Killam on Nostr: I am not a highly cited scientist, but I continue to be amused and fascinated by the ...
I am not a highly cited scientist, but I continue to be amused and fascinated by the takeaways people have from my papers. I often (maybe usually?) am cited for aspects of my papers that I don't find to be the main point of the actual work. It is interesting how we often cannot predict the value of basic research.
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