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What’s Your Science Maturity Level?
Marc Kuchner's numerical scale quantifies whether a scientist's talk will be more focused on long-range predictions or unambiguous results.
I went to a scientific talk the other day that seemed to leave half the audience inspired and the other half frustrated. My frustrated colleagues insisted that the speaker did not present any true “results.” However, he did make some fascinating predictions about what would be discovered 10 or 20 years from now—forecasts that may be crucial for marketing exercises and expensive experiments.
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