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Make It Work, Then Prove It Works: A Framework for Research - Vincent Sitzmann

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I’ve wasted months on overcoming research problems that should have taken weeks, both as a graduate student and as an adviser. The specific failure looks different every time, but I have learned that often, it’s one of two things. Either the team doesn’t give it their best shot, because deep down, they don’t think it will work. Or we get carried away, we rush ahead, we get sloppy, and later have to revisit core hypotheses and experiments. A simple mental framework has helped me to be more efficient: the “two modes of research”. Mode 1: Optimist or “Make it Work” You have identified a cool rese

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