During the lecture series offered by an Extremely Famous professor some while back, a number of us at Aberdeen got to talking. Why was it that by the time an academic had become the invited star at a famous lecture series they had absolutely nothing new to say?<\/p>\n
Theories included:<\/p>\n
1) By the time you\u2019ve got to that stage you\u2019ve got nothing new left to say. This is a version of the \u2018all mathematicians do their good work before they are 25\u2019 theory.<\/p>\n
2) The Committees That Be would never have the courage to invite someone exciting to give a lecture. The more paranoid version of this is the suspicion that only the toothless are put forward for high profile public roles. Even Zizek, much as I enjoy his snarls, is clearly a pet beast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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