Replying to SPAM emails for a free Vegas trip (special episode)

Scientists often gather at scientific conferences to share data and ideas. At these events, sometimes a prominent scientist is invited to give the Keynote Talk, the headliner of the conference. It’s a big honor. Has a graduate student ever received this honor? Well, Lu has, via an email that for some reason when to his SPAM folder. He, of course, accepted without hesitation.

In this special episode, Lu tells Tirth and Saran a story about the time he was invited to give the Keynote Talk at a scientific conference in Las Vegas as a graduate student.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
1:57 The email
28:35 The website/conclusion
34:50 What did you learn today, outro

Checkout the video version of the story on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/rvzz-wN0n_I

James Veitch TED talk links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o5hSxvN_-s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUjpoauJcKo

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