Timeline for My experiment supports a theory. Shall I contact the theorist attaching with my drafts?
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| Nov 14, 2020 at 23:46 | vote | accept | High GPA | ||
| Oct 20, 2020 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1318658275529924608 | ||
| Oct 20, 2020 at 13:46 | comment | added | Captain Emacs | I think a lightweight mail about a "potential experimental support of the theorist's theory" and "happy to talk more if there is interest", i.e. a minimum commitment contact, would be best. If the theorist gets interested, you can slowly go into more details, e.g. perhaps arrange mutual "visit" (if under Corona, then per Zoom), discussions, mini-seminars and go from there. Certainly do not begin by envisaging collaboration. Maybe after such conversations, you will know better what you want to do. The other researcher is a theorist, so there is not much danger they could "steal" your results. | |
| Oct 20, 2020 at 8:12 | history | edited | High GPA | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 20, 2020 at 2:13 | comment | added | Carol | Not quite clear to me from what has been stated if "famous theory" means that it already famously explains a lot of experiments already (in that case, is OP asking for more help in understanding how to put results in context?). Or does it mean - "famous" for everyone in particular subfield has been trying to get evidence to prove it right/wrong with an experiment but OP isn't sure if these experiments are relevant? | |
| Oct 20, 2020 at 1:54 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | @HighGPA Maybe it would surprise you, but we get an awful lot of questions here from students who are trying to use StackExchange as a replacement for an advisor, rather than a supplement. Either because they are afraid of their advisor, because they have some ongoing conflict, or because their advisor is completely missing in their duties. That's why Captain is asking. Probably good to put that sort of info in your questions when it applies, like "I talked to my advisor and they agree I could contact this person, but I'm not sure how to start the contact." | |
| Oct 20, 2020 at 1:39 | history | edited | High GPA | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 20, 2020 at 1:26 | comment | added | High GPA | @CaptainEmacs Yes of course my advisor agreed me to contact someone else. Otherwise I won't be asking a useless question here. But he doesn't really know that theorist in person. | |
| Oct 20, 2020 at 1:25 | comment | added | Captain Emacs | But do they say that you could contact that prof? This is a strategic decision as much as a scientific one. | |
| Oct 20, 2020 at 1:23 | comment | added | High GPA | @CaptainEmacs Unfortunately my advisor is a very successful empirical researcher who had less mathematical and theoretical training than me. I am on my own for this theory part. | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 23:45 | answer | added | Allure | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 13:14 | comment | added | Captain Emacs | What does your advisor say? | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 12:22 | answer | added | Buffy | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 12:09 | history | asked | High GPA | CC BY-SA 4.0 |