How to choose a good scientific problem

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This article is a gem, a gift.

Every phrase, every section, filled me with pure joy. It is the most straight-to-the-heart (or to the "faint inner voice") paper I've ever read. It takes courage to publicly claim "don't go for the easy and uninteresting" (nor for the hard and uninteresting, by the way), "take your time" (the three-month rule for new students/post-docs is what I've always tried to do, in an unconscious way), "hear your inner voice" (and your recurrent ideas, instead of what others consider interesting), "expect the unexpected" (the author's "cloud" meets Heraclitus), especially in a context where research is driven, time shrinks and knowledge (as well as students, papers, etc.) becomes a commodity.

A fifteen-minute break that may change your life, just by reading what you already almost knew but were afraid to follow.

Thank you, Uri.

Reviewed by iannis as - 2009-10-30 13:16:54

Nice advice for the researchers.

Reviewed by jaman_citeulike as - 2010-01-07 07:17:00

Good article for aspiring scientists. I especially like the feasibility-interest diagram to rate and categorize projects.

Reviewed by azwinkau as - 2010-02-01 15:52:52

Reviewed by krisb as - 2010-02-04 11:48:37