Caltech students in Hawking's lecture

tech_fan
Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:08:10 +0000

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You think that the title which you use to address someone doesn’t affect the nature of the conversation? You think that’s BS? Think about talking to someone on a first name basis vs. saying doctor or mister all the time. Are those really the same to you? Calling something BS seems to be your way of saying you have no better argument, which is fine with me.

As for how to address professors, it can sometimes be delicate, but in almost all labs/groups I’ve seen, it’s always first names and people who deviate from that would be conspicuous. But of course one should follow the equilibrium. My feeling is that at Caltech it’s often very casual, which is the way I like it.