Comments on: Publishing http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2007/10/publishing/ If you aren't going to care about something, may as well not care about astronomy Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:11:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: bethkatz17582 http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2007/10/publishing/#comment-168337 bethkatz17582 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:08:51 +0000 http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/index.php/archive/publishing/#comment-168337 Yes, research involving people (and especially teaching people) is a lot harder than research with those cooperative stars. There are a lot more variables with people. And most of the time when you try something new, you have a positive effect because it's new and the people doing it are excited. So is the result because it's "new" or because of what you changed? The upside is that you can feel that you are making a difference. The stars just aren't as appreciative as a kid saying "Wow!" Congratulations on the publication! And congratulations on getting all those people working together. That's an accomplishment, too. Yes, research involving people (and especially teaching people) is a lot harder than research with those cooperative stars. There are a lot more variables with people. And most of the time when you try something new, you have a positive effect because it’s new and the people doing it are excited. So is the result because it’s “new” or because of what you changed?

The upside is that you can feel that you are making a difference. The stars just aren’t as appreciative as a kid saying “Wow!”

Congratulations on the publication! And congratulations on getting all those people working together. That’s an accomplishment, too.

]]> By: michael http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2007/10/publishing/#comment-168306 michael Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:40:33 +0000 http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/index.php/archive/publishing/#comment-168306 <blockquote>This will probably be my last primary-authored astronomy research paper</blockquote> Dammit, we lost another researcher to EPO!

This will probably be my last primary-authored astronomy research paper

Dammit, we lost another researcher to EPO!

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