“My diary entries during this period constantly refer to the importance of learning how to take criticism. If you shut yourself in your own little world, that will be the death of your theory. On the other hand, many of the criticisms you receive are pointless and simply reflect the view that anything new is bad. In such a delicate situation it is crucial to tread gingerly and be careful to appreciate the difference between pertinent and idiotic comments.” IfsWorldLittlesHandsScienceDifferencesViewsSituationVisionCourageTheoryPeriodsAppreciateCriticismImportanceCarefulCommentCrucialBe CarefulDelicateDiariesPointlessEntryIdioticPertinentDiary Entries Author:Joao Magueijo
“Thinking can be lateral or "sweaty". For the latter you're better off in an office and following a routine but for the former you have to be "out of your mind", so to speak. So although I recognize the merits of hard work, I find that my work goes stale if I don't go off wandering around the world every few weeks. My friends think I'm a gipsy, but that's when I do "part 1" of my best work.” IfsThinkingWorldMindHardSpeakWorkVisionWeekHard WorkOfficeMy FriendsFollowingWanderAround The WorldFormerMeritLatterRoutineBetter OffBest WorkStaleWandering Around Author:Joao Magueijo
“Becoming a real researcher has been the ultimate humbling experience for me. Nature is the examiner from hell; if you find new things at all, you always find them the hard way, with sweat and tears. Only then do you notice that there was a really easy way to find them. But this insight rarely arrives before you have been utterly humiliated and reduced to despair.” IfsWayHas BeensRealHardEasyNatureHellTearsBecomingDespairUltimateInsightPhysicsSweatNew ThingsResearchersHumblingHumiliatedEasy WayHard WaySweat And TearsHumbling Experiences Book:Faster Than The Speed Of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation Source: Faster Than The Speed Of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation
