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And, finally, the downsides of being an #IdeaMachine... #RobinsonTwitterTakeover 1/n
Sometimes there’s a reason that a great question hasn’t been asked: as we’ve seen from the new #NIH funding study, some topics are systematically disinvested in #RobinsonTwitterTakeover 2/n
And some studies will be harder to get published. #RobinsonTwitterTakeover 3/n
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Now a question from verified human epidemiologist, @l_farland, about what to do when you have a bunch of ideas and how that changes over the course of your career.
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Re: student life - One dark secret of being an #IdeaMachine is that it can make student life very frustrating.
So many ideas, so little time/money/resources/control/experience! #RobinsonTwitterTakeover
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When I was a grad student, I got advice to narrow my ideas and back up to the beginning, but I honesty had a hard time figuring out what the heck they were talking about. #IveNeverDoneThisBefore #RobinsonTwitterTakeover 3/n
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Next up: I’ll talk about where my ideas come from and suggestions for goosing your #IdeaMachine. 1/n
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My first recommendation is a big, long-term one.
But today’s as good a day as any to start the rest of your life, right?!
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First, I recommend choosing a population of interest and learning *a lot* about it.
After all, #Epitwitter is all about the health of populations, right? 3/n
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Hello, my name is Whitney Robinson.
And I’m an #IdeaMachine

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Being an #IdeaMachine is kind of like being a Dancing Machine, expect more… um… stationary
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When I was a wee #blerd at Valdosta High School (Go, Wildcats!), a classmate asked me why I picked Science to study t Governor’s Honors Program.
His reasoning:“Pretty much everything has been discovered.” 3/5
gosa.georgia.gov/governors-hono…
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