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
Sounds about right.
I laughed out loud even