God save me from my followers*
When your work attracts the wrong followers they can pretty much destroy it. Some groups who might have this problem, not really a solution.
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Month: May 2010
The Power of the Field
Other people who determine whether your work has merit have a strong influence on your work. Also: Not so fringe fringe science.
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Skeptical and Critical Thinking 101
The basics of skeptical thinking and something I would consider pretty important in most settings.
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Keep the Principles
You get a problem when principles get reduced to procedures. A big one.
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Whatever gets you through the day
... a comic strip, a quotation, and a few links perhaps. :-)
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Digital Mobile Storage
Suggestion to have your material with you all the time, or at least easily available. And yes, it's possible. Also one of the best quotations for digital nomads I've read so far.
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Feeling Stupid When Doing Science
... is pretty normal. Here are two good reasons why, well, one postcard and an one-page-article. Both well worth reading.
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Creative Burn Out
Dealing with burn out -- it happens. Deal with it by not dealing with it. Yup, read on.
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How to Write a Dissertation Thesis in a Month: Outlines, Outlines, Outlines
Writing a thesis is a complex task -- just so much information and so many findings. But writing the text can be done in a month if you have the right online. A very specific outline.
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Your Impact
Does your creative work really matter? What is your real life impact. For the world, for humanity, or at least, for actual human beings outside the research community? A helpful chart based on a group work at an institute.
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