Here I putting some point of Nontechnical talk have given by Dr. R.Gadagkar in Conference of YETY.
How to make food for thought:
*Move away from the comfort zone of knowledge and familiarity
*Position yourself in the discomfort zone of ignorance and unfamiliarity.
*Stop being ashamed of your ability of recalling facts.
*Overcome mental laziness: -
Physical laziness is not problem but mental laziness.
*Avoids crowds and fashion.
*Don’t read too much, especially in your own field.
*Read voraciously when it irrelevant.
*Last but not least justify (yourself) your research from 1st principles why I am doing this.
*Use PhD to made your own discoveries.
Those above things in some extent may feel in our discomfort zone, but I think this must to bring them in our comfort zone to make your own discoveries.
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Thanks meera for putting this on ur blog.. I remember this talk very clearly and it was really impressive. These points of Dr. Gadagkar really force us to think abt research from totally different angle..
ReplyDeletedon't u think so?
hmmm agreed...these are really very nice tips
ReplyDeletereally enthusiastic...
ReplyDeletevery nice thoughts. But I didn't understand the purpose of one line - "Don’t read too much, especially in your own field."... Why?????? Somebody plz explain.
ReplyDeleteOne more pinch - after saying "Last but not the least thought", you are adding one more thought in the end. So should we call that a "super-last" thought? :-)
@:शंतनु
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हो सुरुवातीला मीसुद्धा खूप कन्फ्य़ुज झाले होते .परंतू नंतर लक्षात आलं की जर खूप वाचत राहीलो तर आपणसुद्धा त्या लेखकाप्रमाणे विचार करायला लागतो ,आणि संशोधनासाठी दुसर्यासारखं विचार करण्यापेक्षा स्वत:च्या पद्धतीने विचार करणे जास्ती योग्य असावे.
त्यामूळे फक्त वाचण्यापेक्षा जे वाचून झालं त्यावर जमेल तेवढा विचार करावा आणि नंतर पुढे जावे.
कदाचीत लेखकाचं(Advice To A Young Scientist (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Series)) ह्याबाबतचे मत माझ्यापेक्षा वेगळही असू शकेल.
about superlast: sorry, but i can't edit it now.