• Question: how long does it take you to come up with a theory???

    Asked by manelbaizid to Gioia, Iain, Jo, Leo, Mariam on 20 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by issiphee1.
    • Photo: Mariam Orme

      Mariam Orme answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Sometimes an idea for how things might work just jumps out at me, and other times I can spend days or even weeks thinking about a problem to try and come up with at theory that I can test.

    • Photo: Iain Moal

      Iain Moal answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      Often my ideas come at the most surprising of times. My next project arrived at me when I was half asleep. I jumped out of bed at 3 in the morning and just had to write it down, because I didn’t want to forget it.

    • Photo: Gioia Cherubini

      Gioia Cherubini answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      It’s something hard to define. If it is at the beginning of a project, then you first need to read a lot about what has already been discovered on that subject. Once you are “in” a project, maybe you get quicker at thinking of a new hypothesis. Sometimes it takes months, sometimes weeks, sometimes days, sometimes you can’t think of anything and then suddenly when you are under the shower you find the inspiration!

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