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Comment by SparklePwnie at 31/01/2017 at 03:27 UTC
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A big part of both the career boost and the intellectual exchange that comes from giving invited talks is all the chatting that you do with researchers at the host institution before and after you give the actual talk...while getting lunch, going out to dinner, taking tours of labs and meeting research groups, etc. If you give the talk remotely you don't get to do that stuff.
Comment by Andromeda321 at 31/01/2017 at 02:26 UTC
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He will def be giving a virtual talk. But anyone who's done these things knows they're not really a substitute for the real thing.
Comment by GravelLot at 31/01/2017 at 03:16 UTC
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That's a pretty thought, but this sort of academic presentation does much, much, much better in person.
Comment by abutthole at 31/01/2017 at 06:53 UTC
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While Trump can try putting up physical walls around his country, the internet is global place that transcends borders. So long as the internet is free, or so long as there continues to be anonymous ways of getting around any future walls they try to put up, the internet will remain a place to connect people regardless of where they are in the physical world. We have to take fully advantage of that.
I've got some bad news. Trump has said he wants to "close up" the internet to protect us from terrorists.
Comment by NotTheLittleBoats at 31/01/2017 at 11:26 UTC
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Allowing your colleague, and other people who may have been blocked because of this ban to still attend via the power of the internet would have been a great way for the institute to say fuck you to Trump.
Do you think that Trump is an alt-right version of BDS or something? He doesn't mind if Iranian intellectuals call the U.S. via Skype. You can't kill 50 gays in a nightclub with a webcam.