Clippo
I'm no spring chicken and I have seen all examples of scientists and indeed read scientists going back hundreds of years, so I see what makes what. I'm mainly inspired by what makes good science so I am drawn to the ways of people who have really achieved something. Look at the way they work and you will find they will look at everything and most interestingly they are the most against this ranking business, anyone with a good idea will grab their attention or even if it is an idea that is in some way related to something that can indicate a novel solution. It's all about originality and removing yourself from social norms and asking what if this or what if that. Shots in the dark effectively since their work has not been mapped out before and there are not conventions.
You look at the work of Einstein and you will see many mistakes and some quite foolish stuff but he was not the kind of person where it bothered him. He was not climbing up some corporate career ladder and so he could be a free thinker and obviously it is what he got right that is important. The clever people look at what people get right and the lesser people just pick at each other in an often very immature way. I have seen so many rank and file scientists do this and it is an embarrassment to the profession. The really clever people are not, they just get down to the work they are doing and let the results speak for themselves. The competition is all about improving your own product, not being obsessed with knocking someone else's and especially when it is just work in progress. Unfortunately this global warming business has brought politics into science and I find this most distasteful and it will destroy the scientific process until the scientists realise and stand up for neutrality.
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