To quench my inesentiable thirst for new knowledge --- I just want to know.
in the case of the extended rishon model work, i see people world-wide spending vast amounts of time and effort pursuing the standard model, which has *twenty seven* postulated "magic constants" that have absolutely no explanation or basis in fact or reality. not only that but the fact that the entire basis has moved Maxwell's Equations to the frequency domain (quantum mechanics: Yang-Mills) it is... just insanely difficult to work with and requires extraordinary amounts of mental effort to comprehend.
so much so that by the time any one person has understood the basic math they are so heavily vested in it that anyone coming along and saying "hey uhhh there's an easier way to do this" is almost a killing insult.
i am therefore pursuing the extended rishon model because, if completed, it will, just like the arguments over "string theory", free up vast resources of human talent and energy from having to pursue what is increasingly being recognised as a dead-end mathematical line of enquiry: the "Standard Model".
the problem is that i do not have even the mathematical knowledge (or the time) to *do* the required formal mathematical proofs, despite knowing how they would be carried out *if* i had the required mathematical expertise.
so over time - a *long* time - as and when i *have* time, i do the research. or ask other people if they can help.
other than that: yes, just as golden says: it is absolutely fascinating and incredible to pursue new things. in my case however it is also incredibly frustrating to present things to people... only to have them not believe it, or to not have time to look at it let alone help out.
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My parents are the main inspiration for my research. I often revert back to the advice my father once gave: Take a second look. And notice the lack of unifomity in physical surfaces that appear, at first glance, to be uniform. And I often have occasion to remember the advice my mother once gave me: Keep it simple.
Hmm. Generally, I live in awe of Lord's Creation (the grandest universe) which continuously evolves over time and over space. And therefore, generally I want to know why things work and how things work in nature...
To find (even if provisional) factually verified truth in social inquiry fields with emphasis on economics. In economics I wish to not filter evidence through fictional constructs dictated by the first president of the American School of Economics; General Francis A. Walker. Examples of fictional constructs that amount to hearsay – NOT Evidence_ are: Production functions, Utility functions, preference relations. Admissible evidence is behavior based externally verifiable evidence that would stand in a court of law .
to contribute in my areas of specialization and give insights to future generation.
My mentors Leonid Hurwicz ( Veblenian mathematical thoroughly self-taught Institutionalist) and Amin El-Kholy editor of Al Adab in Egypt who published my early poetry) taught me to go directly to the source and to have only one loyalty; to verifiable factual facts (*as opposed to facts filtered through stupid uninteresting fictional constructs) and to hold on for dear life to the original question you ask. There is no obligation to lie in order to have a “solution”. Yes dear Martha there are unsolved problems in economics, even though no economist will ever own upn to it. Please repent!
The source of my inspiration is to learn about the agricultural problems that my country suffers from, as well as to read, read and interact with farmers and talk to them closely .
The inner drive to solve societal problems and make societies better while easing the pain of the often disadvantaged in the society propels me to engage in research.
Research means idea, so generation od ideas is exactly similar to polynomial generation, it expanded exponentialy wih time.
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The fondness to knowledge and the surprising in any new scientific subject... that led me to development in my projects, which given me high self-confidence.
research could find answers that resolve the uncertainties of a problem.
when your research shows significant results and is cited and appreciated among scientific community then person get addicted to do more and more research
Perceptions might vary.
Our interests change with time. Ideas in various contexts keep on striking our minds. Stereo-typical industry jobs would constrain us to specific projects or products that we may not like at all or we may loose our interest later on. Research gives the autonomy to test out ideas.
I think, We get inspirations from our hart touching well-wishers, successful professional leaders, professional groups and competitors are the main force for the doing research.
To increase my knowledge of the subject matter and through that advance the frontiers of knowledge of the society so that the society at large, lives a better life
1) to sort out the chaos around us
2) the fundamental idea of science is fair and just with equal rights to all researchers - every one has the same chance, it depends only on his mental abilities. Of course some have more money than others, have better standing in the community (either through former achievements or by political networking...) - but no one can buy truly creative ideas and solutions with money (as opposed to sports: doping)
3) if you give birth to an idea it cannot be extincted any more, especially not if it was a good one.
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