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		danieltillett on May 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Advice for young scientists and curious people in ... This is why you should not ever dedicate yourself to a single project no matter how much you believe in it. You should at a minimum have one back up project that will generate publishable results no matter what happens.

chiefalchemist on May 19, 2021 [–]

You should always have some "R&D" regardless of what you do, what you're working on, etc.

Focus is great. But it has a tendency to create blinders, feed confirmation bias, etc.

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