> I have an area I'm really interested in, but it just seems like any ideas I have could have the potential to be a dud. Yes, that’s research. Sometimes you tr

> I have an area I'm really interested in, but it just seems like any ideas I have could have the potential to be a dud. Yes, that’s research. Sometimes you try to do something only to discover either that you can’t do it or that it can’t be done. To get a good idea you learn and work on bad ideas. Doing a thesis is closer to doing real research than what you’ve done before, more than likely. Rather than doing another Bachelor’s consider doing another Master’s or getting a job as a research assistant.