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How basic, and what qualifies as research? http://thinkinghard.com/blog/AmateurTheoreticalScience.html http://thinkinghard.com/blog/AmateurTheoreticalScience.html >In recent times, science has become very professionalised. Many of the steps in the list above serve specifically to maintain high professional standards. For example, step 5 – complete a Ph.D. – is a way of measuring an individual's likelihood of making significant contributions to scientific knowledge.