“Contrary to popular belief, the Loch Ness Monster is not a dinosaur -- it's a huge mutant duck, a top researcher claims.... Most mainstream Nessie researchers consider Gluber's duck theory to be horse feathers and are trying to blast it out of the water.” TryingBeliefWaterTheoryHugeClaimsHorseContraryMonstersDucksMainstreamFeathersBlastDinosaursResearchersMutantsContrary To Popular BeliefLoch Ness Monster Author:Murphy J. Foster, Jr.
“Researchers in England say tall men are more likely to have more children than short men. Here in America we call that the NBA theory.” MenChildrenAmericaTheoryEnglandNbaTallResearchers Author:Jay Leno
“Even if individual researchers are prone to falling in love with their own theories, the broader process of peer review and institutionalized skepticism are designed to ensure that, eventually, the best ideas prevail.” IfsIdeasFallIndividualProcessTheoryFalling In LoveReviewsSkepticismPeersResearchersPeer Review Author:Chris Mooney
“In the first stage of insight-building, all that researchers can do is observe phenomena. Second, they classify the phenomena in a way that helps them simplify the apparent complexities of the world so they can ignore the meaningless differences and draw connections between the things that really seem to matter. Third, based on the classification system, they propose a theory. The theory is a statement of what causes what and why, and under what circumstances.” WorldWayFirstsMatterHelpingSeemsCausesCan DoDifferencesStageBuildingTheoryCircumstancesDrawsConnectionsThirdsInsightStatementsComplexityMeaninglessProposeSimplifyResearchersClassification Author:Clayton Christensen
“Someone asked me very recently why I have 8 million views on TED - "your work resonates, what are you doing?" What I think my contribution is, what I do well, is I name experiences that are very universal that no one really talks about. That's the researcher in me; that's really part of being a grounded theory researcher - putting names to concepts and experiences that people have. That's the researcher part.” PeopleThinkingWellsNamesViewsMillionsTheoryConceptsUniversalContributionGroundedResearchers Author:Brené Brown
“That's really part of being a grounded theory researcher - putting names to concepts and experiences that people have.” PeopleNamesTheoryConceptsGroundedResearchers Author:Brené Brown