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dynamics of research, i.e., observation, hypothesis, analysis, conclusion,
and prediction (if any!) will be discussed and exemplified through some
experience of my own (a recent new observation in the physics of age-old
rolling motion) and the experience of one of the great masters at the frontiers
of physics. It will be emphasized that almost anybody can make it.
What it takes is hard work, persistence, and inquisitive (almost childlike)
and receptive mind to catch that flash (a confluence of neurons) and live
with it until you materialize it print. Hence the recipe:
99% hard work
and 1% intelligence
So don't be
shy or find excuse in the lack of intelligence. Even if one is not
born with it, one can make it evolve. That is the difference between
genes and neurons. One needs a million years for a change to show
up; for the other, a lifetime is enough.
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