When I was in graduate school, I heard that teachers who used to write good articles actually didn't know anything. They could write articles, do experiments and take projects. I can't get the project and have no money, so I can only write some junk articles to muddle along. So I looked at the teachers who had big projects with admiration. They don't have to stay in the office or laboratory all day to do experiments and write articles, but they can still get a lot of money by flying around every day. I think it would be great if I could get a lot of money to guide a group of doctors who can write articles like them!
Some people say that if you want to get a project, you have to study for a doctor, and you have to study for a doctor of a celebrity. When the tutor becomes famous, he will naturally follow Smith. Have you noticed that there are dozens of academicians among Mr. Wang Daheng's students, and there are many outstanding students among other academic leaders. It's not how powerful these disciples are, but how powerful their boss is. Powerful bosses can get big projects, and when they get big projects, they have the money to do many first-class experiments. With first-class experiments, he can write first-class articles and gain first-class reputation. With a first-class reputation, he can be named an academician, he can get first-class projects, he can recruit first-class students and write first-class articles ... children and grandchildren will go back and forth endlessly, but the first step must be right.
So I remembered a mentor's words:
When you know nothing about a question and can speak for half an hour, you can be called a professor. I think, if a person knows nothing about a problem and can speak for an hour, he will probably be evaluated as an academician! So what they are talking about is probably scientific research? !
First, scientific research is thinking.
Yes, from the long river of history, human beings have a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of themselves and the universe. From mechanism to relativity to quantum theory to string theory, all of them shine with wisdom.
These brilliant wisdom have changed the way of life and thinking of human beings. This is the pride of physics and mathematics. Of course, it is also the pride of mankind, hehe.
These may be sunlight.
But it is undeniable that in a few years, among thousands of researchers and millions of academic papers, only a few achievements will really change our cognition. This may be a process from quantitative change to qualitative change. However, this process has given a large number of people the opportunity to make up for their mistakes, and also left a large number of graduates at a loss. Because society can't accommodate so many talents who can only write articles.
But thinking is the driving force of human progress.
Scientific research is thinking!
Yes, the basic concepts are always the simplest, but they are always difficult to describe. We have been arguing about the definition of man for thousands of years, but the debate about the scientific definition has never stopped. The big hat of pseudoscience came into being and became a tool of gang struggle. It is said that he is dead now. But this does not mean that the concept of science is clear.
China people have never had a tradition of science, and even the word science itself is an exotic product. Based on the awe of foreign adults and the fear of naval guns, it is natural to be in awe of the mother science of naval guns. So that science always seems so sacred, so unattainable, so different from any previous concept; So that when it comes to science, we must say a few names, write a few formulas and drag a few nouns. Is science really that unique? !
What is science? When we talk about this problem, we have to review the history of mankind. Perhaps from the day of human birth, human beings began to think about such questions: where do we come from, where are we, and where are we going? The explanation of these problems has produced two brand-new concepts: religion and science. Religion explains these problems in a divine way, and scientifically explains these problems in a human way. Therefore, religion and science are essentially human explanations of themselves, but in different ways.
Since our society accepted Marxism, it has plunged religion into eighteen layers of hell and worshipped science. So that later generations stay at a respectful distance from science or worship extremely, and scoff at religion. Furthermore, attitudes towards scientists and theologians are quite different.
In fact, we forget that religion and science are born from the same root, and they have too many similarities. They are all bloodthirsty. Religious sacrifice, clash of civilizations and gang struggle have brought countless disasters. The sad thing about science is that its emergence and development was initiated by one party in order to win in the conflict; At the same time, they are all good, and they are regulating human beings in different ways; They believe that the world has a common origin. Religion believes that the origin of the world is God. Christianity says that God created heaven and earth, while Taoism says that everything is created. And science believes that the source of the world is energy.
Buddhism says nothing, while string theory says that the smallest unit of the world is the vibrating energy string, not the real matter. This subverts our materialistic view and makes us doubt whether we are real objects or lines of code. So some people don't know whether string theory is science or religion. Maybe they are moving towards unity, and the god in the religious field is the energy in the scientific field.
When Einstein wrote E=mc2, the whole world cheered. In fact, at present, this is just equivalent to writing 1 kg = 1000 g. The world is made up of energy, and quality is just another measure of energy.
Therefore, we see that science is not mysterious, not far away, it is around us. We don't have to sneer at religion, and we don't have to stay away from science. This may be a basic mentality that people engaged in scientific undertakings should have.
Therefore, when we see the stupidity of religion, we should also think that science is also developing in the process of making mistakes and correcting. Science is allowed to make mistakes, and mistakes are almost inevitable, which is also a basic mentality that people engaged in scientific undertakings should have. Therefore, when you plan to write an article, all you can do is to make your point of view as perfect as possible and your explanation as perfect, but you can't guarantee that it will be correct. In other words, when you think your point of view is perfect and your explanation is satisfactory, you can publish an article. As for right or wrong, time will give the answer.
Third, the requirements of scientific research.
So let's go back to scientific research.
Science is the way people explain the world, so scientific research is the thinking to get this explanation. This means that scientific research is either rethinking and revising the existing explanation, or carrying out unprecedented thinking and innovation on the basis of the existing explanation. No matter what kind of thinking, there is a premise, that is, a comprehensive grasp of the existing explanations, which is to consult materials and literature research. Only by conducting a comprehensive literature survey can we fully grasp the previous explanations, avoid repeated thinking, and make corrections or innovations.
This means that in scientific research, we must think, ask questions, analyze problems and solve problems on the shoulders of our predecessors. The publication of the article only reminds the latecomers in the spirit of * * * *: I have thought about this question. If you agree, you don't have to start all over again. Of course, the research results involving commercial secrets and state secrets are obviously not within the scope of * * * *.
I remember reading a lot of interviews and hearing that it has reached or approached the international advanced level, but it is rarely heard that it is the world leader. This doesn't mean that we don't have a leading position in the world, but that we spend most of our time running behind other people's asses. This is called follow-up research. Why? Why can't you follow up directly in most cases? Some people will say: we have a low starting point. I admit it, but in many fields, we have kept up with the international advanced level many years ago. Why are we still running behind others or just in a tracking state?
In my opinion, the root of this phenomenon lies in not asking questions! The current situation is that foreign countries ask questions, and then we scramble to follow them. This has caused some difficulties. There are so many questions raised by foreign countries that we can't follow all the efforts of a country, only part of them. In this way, the question comes again, who to run with? Therefore, authoritative experts say that this field is very important and will develop in the future, which will have a great impact on the national economy and people's livelihood, so it is very necessary to conduct large-scale research. As a result, China officials studied these problems with a stroke of a pen! 863,973, major special projects, all kinds of funds kept flowing, buying equipment, building houses, recruiting talents, making reports, making propaganda, and vigorous socialist construction began. After many years, I suddenly found that this direction is actually a dead end, and another group of views that were inconspicuous abroad at that time have now gained the upper hand. In a word from authoritative experts, the most important time of manpower and material resources is gone! If we don't learn a lesson, this phenomenon will repeat itself, but the country's scientific research ability will never improve.
The reason why you can't improve your scientific research ability is because you can't think independently or dare not think independently and don't ask questions. So that when others ask questions, we only know that there is this problem, but we can't figure out the background and current research status of this problem, that is, the information is not comprehensive.
Some people saw this weakness, so they proposed to communicate more, especially with their international counterparts. Its purpose is to grasp the latest trends and comprehensive information as much as possible to prepare for questions. International conferences are such an exchange platform. This is a good phenomenon, but it also causes other problems.