Back to Research!
(Music: E. Iglesias - Roamer). I found out, that I'm not used to write scientific papers. The way I was doing it was:
- define the problem
- argue it significance
- describe related work
- propose own solution
- prove that it is better
- describe related work
- propose a method / framework / theory
- define it precisely
- explore its properties
- prove some self-evident theoremes (like, if a=5 and b=4 then a+b=9)
- prove that it is shorter / faster / more general
- point, that there might be some applications
# posted by romka,
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
14:44
Ok let me give you some insight bro :
1) find a bar
2) skip two next steps if you are in a bar
3) open ze dor
4) go to the bartender
5) buy some beer
6) now - sit and drink
7) now - jump and run
8) think about it
9) think about it twice
10) repeat from step 3
In fact i`m in deep shi* with my master thesis, because -
a) i can not identify problem, because i acknowledge the fact that nothing is perfect in the existing reality - so why to be confused ?
b) i cannot argue, since everything is relative
c) i can not propose solution - what if it will break some major law of nature and destroy this planet ?
and finally.....
d) i have only one week left
SOMEBODY HELP ME PLEASE !
Interesting obeservation. Probably it means that in real world of science it is difficult, if not impossible to "solve anything and prove that it is really better". So one aim not at solving but tries to suggest another approach to understanding. I didn't know about that, either :)
Of course you have to position yourselft amoung other researchers. The other main thing is that they usually do not start with a problem. The design a solution and then search for problems it can solve :)