Why We Have Eureka Moments
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 07:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
"My plan for today: 1. Pick up dry cleaning.2. Go to dentist.3. Think up brilliant idea.” Good luck with that third bullet. Big ideas can’t be planned like growing tomatoes in one’s garden. We stumble upon ideas, and although we can sometimes recall how we got there, we could not have anticipated the discovery in advance. That’s why grant proposals never wrap up as, “And via following this four-part plan, I will have arrived at a ground-breaking new hypothesis by year three.” read more