Listening to PhD students present their ideas it strikes me that sometimes we need to realise that doing research is about taking risks. OK, the risks may be controlled risks but we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that just replicating what others have done with a minor amendment is not going to be ground breaking.
It would be good if more students took a few risks with their topic. So what if the research fails to some extent. We often learn more from research failures than successes. Failures, or unanticipated outcomes, stretch us, and make us think more deeply. This enables us ask big questions and allows us to philosophize. A PhD is after all a Doctor of Philosophy!
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It would be good if more students took a few risks with their topic. So what if the research fails to some extent. We often learn more from research failures than successes. Failures, or unanticipated outcomes, stretch us, and make us think more deeply. This enables us ask big questions and allows us to philosophize. A PhD is after all a Doctor of Philosophy!
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