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Listening to lecture after lecture, my excitement grew. As the speakers rambled through introductions, desperately trying to justify their work and connect it to the real world, I was joining the dots between previous talks and my own research. On coffee breaks I discussed the insights with my enemies (sorry, colleagues). My excitement kept growing.

In the evening I eagerly powered up my laptop to check finer points of my theory and to polish it.

In minutes it all came crushing down. This work wasn't destined to be the revolutionary piece I had envisioned. Well, next time will be different...

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