26 | Stuart Firestein on artful ignorance, failure, and neglect
Night Science
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Mentoring - Is There a Difference Between Day Science and Night Science?
Being a hedgehog is in a sense doing day science And the fox-like aspect is night science Because you're going around and looking for new ideas But then, like you say, once you have the idea Then you've got to go in the lab and be a hedgehog to pursue them. It's clear to all of us, I think, how important creativity is How important it is to come up with new ideas. Is there any special help that you can give people who are doing night science? Well, there's not a lot you can do for that, I don't think Again, if we knew what to do, we would do it, but I think you can neglect
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