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Re: [Phys-L] how research is done : exploring a maze using only local information

John,
You have often disparaged PER, but let me suggest that your description below is exactly what PER is about.

best,

joe
Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
Retired Professor of Physics
Co-Director, Northern Indiana Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Collaborative (NISMEC)
Consultant I-STEM Network
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On Sep 22, 2015, at 3:57 PM, John Denker <jsd@AV8N.COM> wrote:

Life is too short to permit
exploration of every possibility, so generally you have
to pick something and pursue it for a while, to see how it
turns out. The point remains, however, that you must never
become too wedded to it, never promote it from hypothesis
to assumption. If it's not working out, drop it and try
something else.
-- Too little perseverance is bad.
-- Too much perseverance is bad.