Scott Wagers

Consortium whisperer writing about finding meaning through big projects↓

[Scott Wagers @WagersScott]

Science is about collaborating beyond the expected.

The impact of our science is directly proportional to our ability to enable collaboration.

The first step towards enabling collaboration is broadening the breadth of your knowledge. 👇

[Scott Wagers @WagersScott]

If you really want to benefit from the brilliance of thinking together in a meeting ask yourself what you are thinking about when someone else is talking.

If its not about the meeting at all - leave

If it is more about what you are going to say, use that as prompt to refocus your attention to what is being said.

Think about a question you can ask that will increase your understanding.

Questions are connectors between your ideas and those of others.

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Big science is beautiful, but little science and personal science are sexier.

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Developing a big project is easier than more think and more valuable than most realize.

Start here:
https://t.co/9V8FW6JPep

[Scott Wagers @WagersScott]

Something that many don't realize is that science does not work in straight lines.

This is what Alan Burdick and Emily Anthes use as a starting point to argue that basic and applied science are one in the same.

The implication is that even the most mundane science can one day become a highly impactful breakthrough.

4 examples of basic science going translational

1. Understanding effects of lizard saliva - GLP-1 inhibitors such as Ozempic.

2. Splitting the atom in 1917 thought to be be meaningless science.

3. Creating a way to share particle physics data led to the world wide web

4. CRISPR started with curiosity about how bacteria fight viruses.

One thing I have noticed is the in science the bigger the project the more the distinction between basic and applied science falls away.

Always think and write down what you think the ultimate impact of your science might be.

Might is a word that gives you much more liberty for flights of creative imagination.

Its clear that those involved in the basic science described above were scanning the impact horizon, probably on a regular basis.

One of the best way to do this is developing and delivering a big project.

[Scott Wagers @WagersScott]

Science is about collaborating beyond the expected.

The impact of our science is directly proportional to our ability to enable collaboration.

The first step towards enabling collaboration is broadening the breadth of your knowledge. 👇

[Scott Wagers @WagersScott]

@JellyfishDAO The same as I am doing now, but with more urgency.

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@PhysInHistory Philosophy is science and science is philosophy.
Both are focused on finding objective ways to confirm what we think we know is true.

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Start by learning how to get the most out of big projects.
https://t.co/SDyeJC2M0Z

[Scott Wagers @WagersScott]

You've been told that to solve a big problem turn to those with experience.

This is not true.

"The impossible only becomes accessible when experience has not taught us limits."
Rick Rubin

This is why it is important to do science, particularly Big Science, in collaboration with those who have less experience or different experience.

Collaboration reawakens beginner’s mind.

Beginner's mind is free from limiting beliefs.

Big projects are where we can access the range of experience necessary to return to beginner's mind.

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@NTFabiano If we know all the inputs can we predict the outcome, or is there truly random outcomes.

If there is anywhere, where this applies it is human biology as the human body is arguably the most complex thing in the universe.

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As I have gotten older I have come to realize that there is one question that determines our capacity to achieve change.

Its a simple question.

[Scott Wagers @WagersScott]

Broadening your knowledge is easier than you think.
https://t.co/SDyeJC2M0Z

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[Scott Wagers @WagersScott]

As I have gotten older I have come to realize that there is one question that determines our capacity to achieve change.

Its a simple question.

[Scott Wagers @WagersScott]

Start by learning how to build your empathy skills.
https://t.co/rv2CZWPjvC