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In this particular field software is just one of the many means to get to results. Is every scientist who happens to not be particularily good at one of those m
by stinos 12y ago
In this particular field software is just one of the many means to get to results. Is every scientist who happens to not be particularily good at one of those means a bad scientist?
- spuz 12y agoI don't think so. Imagine you are a good scientist but a poor coder. How would you verify that the results of your research were valid? You could ask another team to review your software, or you could ask another team to recreate your software, or you could hire a professional software development team to do the job of coding for you.
- danieltillett 12y agoPart of being a good scientist is knowing the areas you are an expert in and asking for help in those areas that you are not. If you don't know how to write code then you need to collaborate with someone who does. In my experience these sort of bad outcome occurs when a senior supervisor gives a student or junior post doc a project that involves programming, but is not able to provide adequate supervision. Instead of finding a collaborator that can help they just let the junior scientist thrash around on their own.