A wednesday

So here comes my first review.

This movie was clean, had an underlying glue of narrative and was made with honesty.

I don't look much at the core story of a movie as much as on how it was made. I believe that a good production can build a great movie from a simple tale and bad production can ruin the most innovative stories and concepts.

The movie was fast, as a thriller should be.
It did not try to force the two sides in conflict into definitions of good and bad.
I made use of the viewer's intellect which is ignored or ridiculed by half of the movies.
It could build and keep a chain of suspenses.
The characters looked and acted their parts.

The movie slacked here and there, as any human creation will.

But over all, a must watch. If you don't like it, disagree with me here.

Money and talent

There is no relationship between the two when it comes to money being invested.

Thousands of internet businesses got loads of money during the dot com bubble build up. Most of them went bust, because they were crappy.

Crores of rupees is invested in hindi movies made in India. A lot of them are junk. Yet, people put half a billion rupees on stupid/incapable directors, actors and other film guys.

Bottom line : Great hard work and talent cannot be differentiated from normal hard work and talent by ordinary folks. They are their own rewards.

Papers

I recently went to my first scientific conference, alone. One of the most important things I realized was how deceptive publishing a paper is. It all depends on how you have written a paper and how you present it at the conference.
No one checks the authenticity of your results. So, you can literally say anything and get away with. No one understands your research deeply enough in a 30 min presentation. So, you just need a central idea presented well. The Q n A time is too small to let anyone prove anything, and yes, you can shut anyone out by saying you would take their question in detail after the talk.

So, finally it all boils down to how serious you are about your research. Anyone can get a PhD.

All this was confirmed by an experienced researcher and professor when I shared my thoughts with him.