@fluxtheorist Sciama:"You know my favorite Dirac story? I go up to him once and I say: 'Professor Dirac I've just thought of a way of relating the formation of stars to cosmological things. Should I tell you about it?' And he said: 'No'. [...] Two days later I realized it was absolute rubbish"

How to get promoted 101: 1: Be likeable. This doesn’t mean you need to be buddy buddy with everyone. But you do need to be easy to work & get along with. 2: Be able to get the job done. This doesn’t mean you have to be the absolute best. But you need to be reliable to get the job done at the very least. 3: Make it known. Do not assume your emplo... See more