Hi James, I’m writing from Melbourne where I’m a PhD candidate in phylodynamics. My supervisor and I both enjoy your videos. I especially appreciate your points about prioritising good questions and taking time away. I think time away is what lets the subconscious consoliate good questions. It’s possibly contentious to say the subconscious plays an important role, but my experience is that research is as creative an endeavour as any!
totally agree. At some level, I suspect that good ideas are being crowded out of your mind by the constant noise of day-to-day activities. A bit of down-time can do wonders for your ability to make progress. Slightly counter-intuitive, but perhaps not so much. Glad you like the videos.
