• Question: How long do you spend trying to find answers to your problems/questions (not just the ones asked on here :D)?

    Asked by ella97 to Holly, Pamela on 14 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Pamela Lithgow

      Pamela Lithgow answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Hi ella97,
      Well the ones on here especially in the live chats have to be off the top of my head!! The ones in this section get a little more google time!!
      I do alot of research on the internet to find answers to my problems. I find what other people have done and see how that applies to what I am trying to do. I then test any idea (hypothesis) I have in the lab and see how that matches up. I then look again at what other people have done to see if I can gain anymore insights. It kind of goes round and round like that!
      So I would say about 1/4 of my time is spent trying to find answers then some time planning stuff and the rest of the time testing my ideas in the lab!
      I hope that helps.
      Pam

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  • Photo: ella97

    ella97 commented on :

    Thanks for answering! Does finding answers contain more thinking or practical testing?|

    • Photo: Pamela

      Pamela commented on :

      It depends really! So sometimes I fall down the rabbit warren of looking for answers. So I research something that looks interesting then that leads to another thing and another. Normally I do quite a bit of research to make sure my idea is solid then do lots of practical testing to see if it works the way I think. So in a way to get the answer it is both, I use the thinking to guess the answer then the practical testing to see if it is right. I hope that makes sense 🙂