Step 3: Write it down
Step 4: Repeat
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Yep, the first two steps alone are the definition of insanity.
The following two steps, if followed in moderation, may lead to a modest career.
If followed too closely, upon review, you may correlate the contents of your own mind and, well… 🤷♂️
"The only difference between science and [messing] around is writing stuff down"
That's kinda implied in Step 2
Sometimes I wish I lived in a time when one could just declare themself a "scientist" and then work in whatever field fluttered their ruffle that year.
That is this time, right now.
Call yourself a scientist. Act like one. It is a terrible way to make money, but I will live the rest of my life on the war stories alone.
This is how life should be.
Step zero is hypothesis. Then you fuck around.
She needs some RadAway
I laughed out loud even
Sounds about right.