Researcher Quotes

“IF YOU WANT TO BE MORE POSITIVE, THINK NEGATIVE.”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“A GOOD RESEARCHER IS THE ONE WHO REDUCES THE DISTANCE BETWEEN IMAGINATION AND REALITY.”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Wendell and I would spend the next several months traveling his realm. Our realm. I must get used to that. I would take copious notes all the while, no doubt filling several of the ridiculous journals the bookbinders kept churning out, and stumbling across so many research questions it would take me ten lifetimes to tackle them all. And after that, who knows? I have my compendium of tales to finish--- I plan to gather stories as Wendell and I travel, adding them to the small hoard I've already collected. My presence is not required in the mortal world until October, when I will be delivering a presentation on several key findings in my map-book, which shall be published in a month's time. When the Berlin Academy of Folklorists sends you an invitation to their annual conference, you cannot say no.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

“In academia, the model that we are taught; that we are told in most fields - not the arts, and not the experimental sciences either - but many, many fields, [the model] is:

- You have an idea,
- You accumulate everything that anyone has ever written about that idea,
- You become familiar with what everyone has already said about it,
- And from there, you cobble together the pieces: the evidence either for or against your [idea], or you just review what they've done and you create something that's a little bit new.

Over in science space I call this "Brick in the Wall Science".

It's valuable that some people are doing Brick in the Wall Science but you will always have the same foundation of the house that you started with with Brick in the Wall Science, and it's possible the foundation of the house you started with is not the foundation that you want or that is true. [...]

[With Brick in the Wall Science] you can't have revolutionary ideas. You can't have paradigm shifts.”
― Heather E. Heying

“If you want to be a creative researcher, be in the presence of the Creator”
― Kingsley Ofosu-Ampong

“As a fraud researcher, it is wise to trust no one.”
― Steven Magee

“As a researcher, I am curious to know the rates of masturbation aboard the International Space Station (ISS).”
― Steven Magee

“I am a visionary researcher.”
― Steven Magee

“I am a lone wolf researcher, researching things the government prefers not to be researched!”
― Steven Magee

“There has never been a more important time in history to be an environmental radiation researcher.”
― Steven Magee

“TRUTH IS, EITHER AN UNPROVED LIE OR A PROVED LIE”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“A GENIUS ALWAYS HAVE ONE THING IN HIS BOX, TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX.”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“I was not surprised that a high altitude researcher would be harassed by high altitude police officers!”
― Steven Magee

“The police should never harass a police corruption researcher!”
― Steven Magee

“Being a corruption researcher is like being a politician, as half the people like you and half do not.”
― Steven Magee

“My best friend from school turned into the opposite of me. He became a police officer and I became a police corruption researcher.”
― Steven Magee

“Mr Police Officer, you do not know me and that is an advantage to me as a police corruption researcher.”
― Steven Magee

“Harassing police officers meet police corruption researcher? That actually happened in Denver International Airport in October 2022!”
― Steven Magee

“I love it when toxic police officers inadvertently harass a police corruption researcher!”
― Steven Magee

“A successful expert would possess thorough understanding of a specific topic within a course of study and translate a complex problem or concept into simple language for an average person to understand.”
― Saaif Alam

“My high altitude injured right hand is recovering. The hand itself is not injured, it is the injured nerve in the arm that is causing muscle wasting in the hand. It seems to be bruised. Injured nerves can take 1-2 years to recover. Given that it has shown an extensive recovery already, I expect it may fully recover in a year or so. The damaged nerve was an occupational hazard of being an altitude researcher!”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“I am a police corruption researcher and I want to know how their ‘blue brotherhood’ system works. You have to undergo the adverse police encounters to get the research.”
― Steven Magee

“Ask questions nobody found sound,
Discover answers nobody has found.
Brain is the best laboratory,
with cutting-edge tools and faculty,
Brain used wisely makes the world go round.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“Brain is the best laboratory.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“Mr Police Officer, you do not know me and as a police corruption researcher I will be filing a police complaint about you if I see any form of police misconduct from you.”
― Steven Magee

“An awareness of police misconduct on my 911 calls that was covered up by internal affairs is what prompted me to become a police corruption researcher.”
― Steven Magee

“If politicians disappear from the world, civil servants could easily do their job, because in reality, they already do. But if scientists disappear from the world, so will the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“A poor and hasty PhD work will only stagnate your progress after the program”
― Kingsley ofosu-Ampong

“Meet Arta Farahmand, a seasoned researcher and data scientist based in Seattle, Washington.”
― Arta Farahmand

“COVID-19, I am watching you!”
― Steven Magee