tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post312054388258919322..comments2024-02-26T21:18:23.165-08:00Comments on CHIMERAS: My challenging, humbling day jobAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09922888671399516573noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-85293970424644902202014-01-03T16:26:34.133-08:002014-01-03T16:26:34.133-08:00"...another hurdle in our quest, I can't ..."...another hurdle in our quest, I can't talk about it, but it makes me very depressed." Elena, I understand about that sort of thing and am so sorry to hear it. I don't need to know the details, but I do know nothing kills passion more quickly.<br />Any chance you can take a day or two off? Maybe go over to Chimayo or up to Taos and breathe some fresh non-cubicle air?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308567394308330867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-51048940041248626662014-01-03T15:28:24.136-08:002014-01-03T15:28:24.136-08:00thank you Mike and Carolyn but there's really ...thank you Mike and Carolyn but there's really nothing heroic about what I do, I get a pay check every two weeks, I sit in a cubicle and the only hazards I may face are wrist tendonitis and back pain. There are beautiful minds who have great visions and have to fight to get their ideas approved, funded, established, those are the heroes who struggle every day. There has been yet another hurdle in our quest, I can't talk about it, but it makes me very depressed. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922888671399516573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-34338585903485443962014-01-03T13:41:13.722-08:002014-01-03T13:41:13.722-08:00Elegant proofs don't exist in the real world, ...Elegant proofs don't exist in the real world, if I may be so bold as to put this conjecture, since there are no absolutes, only statistical inferences so it is only a conjecture. If things worked "perfectly", then perhaps we wouldn't be facing the consequences of human imperfections and mutating viruses. I put "perfectly" in quotes because, once again, it is impossible for one small human of limited wisdom and intelligence, to categorically define "perfection" or even to postulate its existence in this world of distributions rather than Euclidean points on a theoretical plane. Given all this, and human frailty, it sometimes is a heroic act to keep on going in your research. The longed for solution can be elusive, and I can understand why there are times when you long for respite rather than another day at the coalface. However that is why makes you and the others whose toil advances human understanding in this tragic viral illness. So please accept my thanks for going back to the lab on days when you would rather be doing anything else, even staying warm on a cold winter morning. While you may not be one of life's "sung heroes", you are heroes nonetheless.Carolyn Fahmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900502960589896710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-29462462000574293752014-01-03T13:31:48.002-08:002014-01-03T13:31:48.002-08:00Elena, you are soooooo normal!
The difference be...Elena, you are soooooo normal! <br /><br />The difference between what you do and what most folks do is that, despite the challenges, your HIV research will make a real difference to many people in the fullness of time.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308567394308330867noreply@blogger.com