the gradual formulation of decisions

[greystrata]

starting to recover my old idealism, thanks to some pretty awesome professors who -- despite this world's occasional but persistent rejection of all things progressive -- still care not only about science but also about the larger outside picture. never thought I'd be interested in agriculture; but, depending on which advisor/s I end up working

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[angelrinoa]

I am getting pretty disillusioned with molecular work, let me tell you.

[meissa]

There are creationist museums? What the heck do they have there? Illustrated pages of Genesis?

^ are serious questions.

[more_cowbells]

The key to saving the world is that you have to realize it's a gradual process. Don't fall into the popular misconception that science is at all fast. It's relatively slow moving (in relation to expectations) and it can't be pushed. There is a maximum speed at which progress is made no matter how much money thrown at it. This speed is always slower than desired, which is why you get great big popular movements that die out just as quickly as they form. Think Howard Dean in 2004.

Anyway, long winded advice: behind one great discovery, there are many failed experiments.