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Midnight thoughts

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INFRASTAR project is teaching us how to communicate our science and research. It requires sharing our Ph.D. experience in social media ( Facebook   Twitter   LinkedIn , http://infrastar.eu/ ) and our research in open access sources ( https://zenodo.org/record/2553561#.XOCGxcgzY2w ).   Communication makes us visible, makes our ideas and opinions transparent. We spend a lot of time communicating with each other. Sometimes we feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, and sometimes, exited, loved and belonged. You can guess now the topic of my writing: communication and particularly normal life conversations. Lastly, I was discussing with one of my friends how to lead a discussion, and how to make the first step during work or friend meetings to start or change the conversation topic. We were wondering why men lead mostly the discussions during dates and in normal life conversations more than women. Is it a cultural thing, or a men innate skill? In many cultures, we say that ‘a man