Timeline for How do I minimize the number of "unknown unknowns"?
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| Aug 16, 2016 at 2:02 | comment | added | Ébe Isaac | True research does not occur as a result of your thesis publication but what you do after your thesis (my mentor taught me that). Research as a grad student always has it's limits: abiding the guidance of your advisor, meeting up with the expectations of your thesis committee, finishing it within the max/min duration. Diving into the unknown unknowns it's a luxury most grad students cannot afford. It's not always about results. Research of this sort has no end, but is truly a journey worth taking for the like mind. I'm sure you would understand this, @ff524. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 1:49 | comment | added | ff524 | So the difference between the "true researcher" and "grad student" is that the true researcher is not under pressure to produce results quickly? I literally do not know a single researcher who satisfies that criteria. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 1:30 | comment | added | Ébe Isaac | @ff524: there are possible overlaps between the two. But the main thing is that a true researcher is not time constrained. He can afford falling into rabbit holes and delve into the unknown. No one knows everything; no one can. But a true researcher can try a better hand at this. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 1:21 | comment | added | ff524 | What exactly is the difference between a "true researcher" and a "grad student"? Are you suggesting that a "true researcher" somehow knows everything, and that once someone earns their last graduate degree they reach that state? | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 13:26 | comment | added | Ébe Isaac | @Ooker: As a true researcher, you can; as a grad student, you cannot. | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 13:24 | comment | added | Ooker | So basically are you saying that there is nothing we can do about this? | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 4:07 | history | answered | Ébe Isaac | CC BY-SA 3.0 |