Discovery Awaits the Mind That Pursues It
I know, it’s been a hot minute since I posted on InSci! I’ve dedicated a lot of time to teaching. But wow has working with my students been a game changer for me. I’m finally ready to start crafting what I know into tools and trainings for others to pursue…
Nuclear weapons are bad. Simply put, they kill people and break things. That’s what they’re designed to do. Stick with me. I’m laying this out because it will be the science example in upcoming posts on scientific discovery. So… Having nuclear weapons around makes life dangerous.…
On how to define and categorize all aspects of scientific discovery. This is the first post, in a series of 23, that outlines a complete conceptual framework for scientific discovery. Building this architecture helps answer two key questions: “What is a useful definition of scientific discovery for active scientists?” and…
Hello World! First of all, I hope everyone is staying safe. I’m sending positive mojo out to all of my readers. I just wanted to post a little update and a few thoughts on the future direction of this website. I haven’t written for some months now.…
I’m finding the most difficult (and intimidating) part of pursuing discovery to be coming up with new ideas, at least on days when my “systematic mind” is team lead. On these days I stick to knowns and try to refit combinations of knowns, or incrementally push ideas a little toward…
How do I set my mind to make a scientific discovery? And why bother? I suppose it goes back to my Ph.D. advisor’s old advice, “work on the problems that keep you up at night.” Many years ago I heard a fascinating idea proposed in neutrino physics, one that would…