PhD students send out physical copies of their thesis to unknown persons (academia.stackexchange.com) 6 points by dorsapiri 12y ago ↗ HN
[–] codex 12y ago ↗ If students didn't do this, it's unlikely their works would be read by more than a handful of people in their lifetime.
[–] miga 12y ago ↗ New kind of spam?And why do they assume these copies would be read? [–] lotsofmangos 12y ago ↗ Reflex curiousity? If I got an unsolicited PhD thesis through the post I would definitely read it.
[–] lotsofmangos 12y ago ↗ Reflex curiousity? If I got an unsolicited PhD thesis through the post I would definitely read it.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 18.2 ms ] threadAnd why do they assume these copies would be read?