As someone about to start studying for a degree at nearing 50, this has been perfectly timed read for me! Thanks....
The importance of stupidity in scientific research! I show this brilliant essay to all my new PhD students. It contains some excellent advice on how to handle – and even learn to love – the feeling of being constantly immersed in the unknown. http://jcs.biologists.org/content/121/11/1771 …pic.twitter.com/vX3HKEl5bJ
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Good luck. It might be one of the best things you've ever done!
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[1/3] (thx for sharing) It's a great way of helping PhD students realise how hard academia is and the importance of ’stupidity'. But I wish that the article had talked more about the overlap with imposter syndrome. I bet many people have read the article and incorrectly classify
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Thanks Helen, I completely agree. Maybe it's time for an updated article to be written...
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If you ever need help with that, let me know. I have lots of spare stupidity kicking around.
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Agree in part, but often I'm sure that people/literature already have the science/math answers I'm seeking. Problems are 1) finding the literature (when you don't know the terminology to search for), 2) finding the right people to ask, and 3) making it worth their while to help.
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James, your comment rings true so much. While “feeling stupid” is something that takes getting used to, I often feel that if I search long and hard enough, someone will have published the answer. A state of confusion ensues if I don’t find it!
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This is profound and as true in the humanities as the sciences. In fact, this is why, in my view the dichotomy between the sciences and the humanities is a false one. Sometimes twitter surprises you. Thanks.
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“I live in a state of ignorance; therein is my philosophy. I have tranquillity of ignorance and faith in science. Others cannot live without faith, without belief, without theories that explain everything. These, I do without. I sleep on the pillow of ignorance.” Claude Bernard
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Highly relevant. Thanks for sharing Paul!
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"Ulanski’s thoughful explorations of topics such as the physics of fly casting, the angler’s environment, the diet of trout (...)" 1/
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"and the role of lake geology and biology will help anglers reach a greater understanding of and appreciation for the natural aquatic home of their quarry." It's a pleasure to be completely stupid when faced with new fish or situation. 2/2https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/2910
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“I feel that many people who are not really versed in the sport have either written or spoken about it, and they have attempted to create a concept that this is a very difficult sport to master. That simply isn’t true.”https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/obituaries/lefty-kreh-a-fly-fisherman-with-few-peers-is-dead-at-93.html …
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Totally agree. This is why, in my experience, students with outstanding qualifications at undergraduate level can, surprisingly often, be poor researchers. They are not used to the feeling of failure. One even admitted to me "I don't like research because it doesn't work."
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I've had many colleagues quit research because of this -- some of these colleagues were intimidating (medal winners, top of everything they ever did etc.). Is there a way you can train/inform students to know that is what research is all about?
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Couldn't agree more!
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Sometimes we learn as much from our failures as we do from our successes.
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Usually more
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