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Rereading the Hamming You and Your Research essay, I'm struck by how simple his formula is. Make your own luck, cultivate drive, make courageous decisions, work on important* questions, learn simple selling skills, avoid bullshit work. * Important = "has a feasible attack"
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This chimes with Medawar writing about James Watson: "in addition to being extremely clever he had something important to be clever about" "One of the great social revolutions brought about by scientific research has been the democratization of learning."
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