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Podcast: The Neurodivergent Professor
Episode: KEW Episode 104: The Acid Tests - The Problem and the Questions
Description: One of the greatest mistakes made in science, by amateurs and professionals alike, is not knowing what the question is.What is the question!!!????Say you are studying the effectiveness of a vaccine against some pathogen. What is the question? Too many times we get wrapped up in the specifics. The details. The minutia. We forget WHY we are doing this in the first place. In this case, I would say the question is, does this vaccine help reduce the problems associated with said pathogen?Maybe you're interested in climate change. So you gather a bunch...