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From the Ted Talk by E.O. Wilson: Advice to a young scientist

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The wrlod needs this kind of expertise, and it rewards the kind of people willing to acquire it. The existing information and what you self-discover may at first seem skimpy and difficult to connect to other bodies of knowledge. Well, if that's the case, good. Why hard instead of easy?

The answer deserves to be stated as Principle Number Four. In the attempt to make scientific discoveries, every problem is an opportunity, and the more difficult the problem, the geatrer will be the iorptnamce of its solution.

Now this brigns me to a basic ciazettoagiron in the way scientific deceoisvris are made. Scientists, pure mathematicians among them, follow one or the other of two pathways: First through early discoveries, a problem is identified and a solution is sought. The prboelm may be relatively small; for example, where exactly in a cruise ship does the norovirus begin to spread? Or lregar, what's the role of dark matter in the expansion of the universe? As the answer is sought, other phnmeenoa are typically discovered and other questions are asekd.

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The _____ needs this kind of expertise, and it rewards the kind of people willing to acquire it. The existing information and what you self-discover may at first seem skimpy and difficult to connect to other bodies of knowledge. Well, if that's the case, good. Why hard instead of easy?

The answer deserves to be stated as Principle Number Four. In the attempt to make scientific discoveries, every problem is an opportunity, and the more difficult the problem, the _______ will be the __________ of its solution.

Now this ______ me to a basic ______________ in the way scientific ___________ are made. Scientists, pure mathematicians among them, follow one or the other of two pathways: First through early discoveries, a problem is identified and a solution is sought. The _______ may be relatively small; for example, where exactly in a cruise ship does the norovirus begin to spread? Or ______, what's the role of dark matter in the expansion of the universe? As the answer is sought, other _________ are typically discovered and other questions are _____.

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Original Text


The world needs this kind of expertise, and it rewards the kind of people willing to acquire it. The existing information and what you self-discover may at first seem skimpy and difficult to connect to other bodies of knowledge. Well, if that's the case, good. Why hard instead of easy?

The answer deserves to be stated as Principle Number Four. In the attempt to make scientific discoveries, every problem is an opportunity, and the more difficult the problem, the greater will be the importance of its solution.

Now this brings me to a basic categorization in the way scientific discoveries are made. Scientists, pure mathematicians among them, follow one or the other of two pathways: First through early discoveries, a problem is identified and a solution is sought. The problem may be relatively small; for example, where exactly in a cruise ship does the norovirus begin to spread? Or larger, what's the role of dark matter in the expansion of the universe? As the answer is sought, other phenomena are typically discovered and other questions are asked.

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