Это носит ситуативный характер. В целом ученый должен придерживаться своей позиции, если она достаточно аргументирована и подтверждается источниками и наблюдениями. Однако ученый должен быть готов к компромиссу с коллегами, даже если при этом необходимо скорректировать свою позицию.

As per my opinion stubborn thought is better for a scientist pursuing excellence.

Change of thoughts may be biased . But In born thoughts are more likely to persue Research .

It would depend on the situation. For example if say via thermodynamics that you know a certain process (example a chemical reaction) is feasible then it is okay to stubbornly proceed to find a method by which the feasibility of the process can be achieved. Nothing wring with and persistence may pay off. If on the other hand you are convinced that you are trying the impossible (like trying to construct a Perpetual Motion Machine) one should change their thoughts and stop pursuing that idea.

Dear Dr Yu-Da Lin

Science does not yet recognize the power of our thoughts on matter. For example the work of the Japanese scientist Emoto is considered pseudo science. They do not realize that each thought holds a quantum of energy, especially emotional thoughts. I write about this in my paper on RG called Emotions including Anger and the Living Matrix.

So before we can consider thought change versus stubborn thoughts, we have to understand thoughts in general and from what level they

arise.

Warm regards Tina

Article Emotions Including Anger, Bodily Sensations and The “Living Matrix”

Both are needed. Festina Lente (in Latin, slowly hurry up).

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Dear Andrey Skorobogatov , J. M. Koli , Jaydip Datta , Srini Vasan , Tina Lindhard , Fred Romano , Alyaa Sadee ,

Thank you all for making this discussion so interesting and informative.

Suppose the situation is not able to assess whether the end is a dead end.

Which one is better for pursuing excellence? How do we understand thoughts in general?

Kind regards,

Yu-Da

Our thinking should evolve as time passes with experiences gained from life. We should be open minded and inquisitive as researchers and definitely thought change is welcome to live up to the same!

The best thoughts are those that arise out of a state of inner silence which is coupled with an intention to do our highest good and the highest good of all. This is ”guided” thought from a higher source ....

Thought stubborn, if the results have been verified and beneficial for people.

Dear Nirmala S.V.S.G

Thank you colleagues for participating in this discussion and making it so valuable.

kind regards,

Yu-Da

Dear Anastas Ivanov Ivanov ,

Your reply greatly appreciated. I like your reply "The stone weighs in his place" and "The success does not come at once".

kind regards,

Yu-Da

A few thoughts on thought change/thought stubborn.

Rumi has been quoted to say that we should sell our cleverness and adopt a sense of awe. This has been reworded by Dr. Wayne Dyer to say "have a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing." David Foster Wallace has also cautioned us to be wary of what he calls blind certainty. All of these thoughts point us in the direction of being open-minded and perhaps a bit skeptical about the potential certainty of research outcomes.

Dear David Krupke ,

Thank you for your thought-provoking addition to this discussion. Dr. Wayne Dyer say "have a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing." This sentence is worth pondering. Thank you so much.

kind regards,

Yu-Da

Thanks for your enlightening question!

Though scientists should be open minded and even look outside the box for novel ideas , still they need the persistent approach to reach their goals .

Dear Mohamad-Hani Temsah ,

Thank you so much.

Your answer is wonderful, and it gives us a lot of inspiration.

Best regards,

Yu-Da

I agree with Mohamad-Hani Temsah that persistence is of the essence so as not to get side-tracked on tangential "ahas". It seems to me that although we enter into research with one or more specific hypotheses, the end results of a study . . . no matter what the outcomes, provide us with more questions. As we all know, "proof" depends on so many variables, some of which we cannot control.

Scientist I am not sure , as an Engineer I know stubborn will lead to doomsday :)

Flexibility and adaptability is what we as Engineers do and think for solutions ...

Dear Aparna Sathya Murthy , David Krupke ,

Thank you colleagues for participating in this discussion and making it so valuable.

Thought change vs. Thought stubborn. Which one is better for a scientist pursuing excellence?

Personally I think we need to embrace both at the right time at the right situation. E.g. try to be "thought change" when involve at initial stage of the research or a researcher is new to an research area i.e. open minded is needed. But when the research is progressing deeper / already deep dived into specific details / experimentation, the researcher needs to be "thought stubborn" because s/he might not know how close s/he is in completing the research despite numerous failures.

Another example is when a researcher has done rigorous literature review and convicted on certain hypotheses, s/he should be "thought stubborn" to see the research through. So thought change or stubborn is subjective to different individuals at different situations & we should embrace both as our mindset to approach any research.

Dear Han Ping Fung ,

I really like your thoughts, especially for "we should embrace both as our mindset to approach any research.". Your example gives me a lot of inspiration. Thank you so much.

Best regards,

Yu-Da

For individual performance of thinking phase including the research program offer the Thought for the action .It is not the healthy practice to keep the thought in stubborn practice as it is the rigid & unhealthy approach for the action of our life.

This is my personal opinion

Dear Rohit Manilal Parikh ,

Thank you for your thought-provoking addition to this discussion.

Best regards,

Yu-Da

Dear Yu-Da Lin

If evidence shows that our thoughts and hypotheses about reality are incorrect, we must not be stubborn. After assessing the evidence from different angles and found that the new evidence is more in keeping with reality, we must change our thoughts. This at least is more honest, even if we have to admit to being wrong or knowing only part of the picture before. Scientific excellence requires we keep humble and open.

Warm regards Tina

Am agree with Han Ping Fung .

Dr Kamath Madhusudhana

I believe both are important! A persistent scientist would be most likely kind of stubborn to prove his/her idea and work really hard on his/her experiment to make it work. Persistence and determination are good things and help scientist achieve a lot. On the other hand, thought change sometimes is required and lets you have that kind of behavioral flexibility that makes you open for new thoughts and try new ideas.

Thought change and thought stubbornness are not contradictory in modern sense; they are contradictory in more traditional sense, for example if one is stubborn (fighting for the cause), that Amazon forest fires should be condemned and stopped immediately to protect planet earth, then one is ethically right and being stubborn on that matter, for safety of present and future generations is quite desirable. Furthermore, flexibility in one's life decisions, organizational management... is desirable for smooth functioning of system.

Hi,

A stable mind is required for any researcher. For a person looking for excellence, his ideas about the major objectives must be stable while he can adapt or change the methodologies (minor ways) to attain the established objectives. It would be highly inappropriate to deceive or change the thoughts on the stated objective, which may mean a failure to one's scientific caliber. These are my thoughts.

Hi,

Scientific excellence for me means a steady pursuit of truth through ever expanding knowledge, critical thought, perseverance and discipline (e.g. in times of ideological and/or financial hardship, lack of peer understanding/support), as well as the following of best scientific practice.

In so doing, from time to time, one needs to stop for a minute and evaluate one's own development as objectively as one can - from the point of view of one's harshest critic.

Such a step, I think, is necessary to check for, recognize and correct one's logic or errors of judgement.

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