For example... "Should we treat drug resistant TB with jell-o?" Shake 8-ball. Answer: "All signs point to yes." There's no way the NIH could deny funding with preliminary data like that. Think of the possibilities...
Oooh! I like that. A few years back a company rep gave the lab a magic 8-ball. I didn't realize he was giving us the scientific tool of the future! Doh!
Hypothesis!?! - Sounds heretical. Many scientists I read about prefer politically based *conclusions*. (Why bother with the research when you can jump straight to the end? And it makes planning much easier when you know where you're going.)
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Next season: magic 8-ball.
For example... "Should we treat drug resistant TB with jell-o?"
Shake 8-ball.
Answer: "All signs point to yes." There's no way the NIH could deny funding with preliminary data like that. Think of the possibilities...
Oooh! I like that. A few years back a company rep gave the lab a magic 8-ball. I didn't realize he was giving us the scientific tool of the future! Doh!
Hypothesis!?! - Sounds heretical. Many scientists I read about prefer politically based *conclusions*. (Why bother with the research when you can jump straight to the end? And it makes planning much easier when you know where you're going.)
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