I don’t know where it gets ingrained that we have to keep all the people ever in our lives, but it does. So I really like that positioning, “complete” vs “failed”.
Thank you for the Zimmerman book review! The attitude towards descriptive, observational work is something that bothers me so much. I noticed it is sometimes impossible to have an intellectual conversation and just celebrate a piece of work without having to elaborate on "but what's next after this descriptive work?" I am not personally excited about knowing the function of every gene in every single research organism (but without these "functional" studies you can't get funded). I'd much rather know more of the undescribed species out there.
I know! I’m kind of embarrassed about how long it took me to recognize how much my field might be missing by focusing so hard on a single model organism.
I don’t know where it gets ingrained that we have to keep all the people ever in our lives, but it does. So I really like that positioning, “complete” vs “failed”.
It's a very useful framing, in lots of contexts!
Thank you for the Zimmerman book review! The attitude towards descriptive, observational work is something that bothers me so much. I noticed it is sometimes impossible to have an intellectual conversation and just celebrate a piece of work without having to elaborate on "but what's next after this descriptive work?" I am not personally excited about knowing the function of every gene in every single research organism (but without these "functional" studies you can't get funded). I'd much rather know more of the undescribed species out there.
I know! I’m kind of embarrassed about how long it took me to recognize how much my field might be missing by focusing so hard on a single model organism.
Love it! Post-career completion.