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Tinkering around is the best way to do research
On my desktop sits a file, as a reminder. It’s the log of a Skype text chat dated 24 October 2007. My desktop isn’t usually tidy, but this file always sits there in a corner. I haven’t read it in...
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How tinkering can work as a research program
This is the fourth and final post in a series, wherein I attempt to make the case that tinkering is a viable, and perhaps optimal, approach to conducting a research program, particularly for those at...
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Ant science: how avoiding modeling led to a cool discovery
Here’s a specific example, from my own work, of how the avoidance of mathematical modeling led to a fundamental discovery that eluded modelers and experimentalist for decades. At least, that’s how I...
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