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My point is about doing research without PhD as a hobby. Since I would not get paid anyway, I do not see reason to spend a few years, just to get paperwork sort
by jankotek 6y ago
My point is about doing research without PhD as a hobby. Since I would not get paid anyway, I do not see reason to spend a few years, just to get paperwork sorted. Most data are publicly available. Most researchers are very happy for helping hand.
Privately founded research instruments are different topic.
LIGO data are here:
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/ligo-data https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/ligo-data
Xray data are also publicly available, I would suggest skyview
https://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/current/cgi/query.pl https://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/current/cgi/query.pl
Requests for Arecibo telescope are here:
https://www.naic.edu/ao/scientist-user-portal/proposal-submission-system/call-for-proposals https://www.naic.edu/ao/scientist-user-portal/proposal-submi...
- searine 6y ago>My point is about doing research without PhD as a hobby. And his/her point is that hobbyists aren't a replacement for a class of professional scientists. It's great that it's your hobby, but to made consistent advances there needs to be a credentialed class of scientists who spend their lives funding and creating the tools and techniques you use for your hobby.
- jankotek 6y agoNo progress is possible without HR department :)