You said:
>Since I started this thread:
Although one may start a thread the comments usually become general fairly
quickly.
> a short reaction. In my daily live as a
>scientist: before I start experiments on which I have no experience I
>always try to find people who have experience with it, ask questions,
>learn from them.
As most of us do. But when I started well over twenty years ago I could not at
first find anyone to ask.
> I think it saves time not reinventing the wheel again.
.
I agree especially if one is trying to solve an immediate problem . But
sometimes going back to first principles and working from there can produce
better results that accepting advice from the experts. And sometimes, as Peter
says, seeing what happens if one goes against the principles can produce
interesting results. One of the great joys of alternative processes is that one
can arrive at one's own way of doing things.
>Than I start out doing it: learning from mistakes, adapting the procedure,
>and giving feedback to the "source"
You asked a reasonable question and I hope that the answers you received will
help you to achieve your objective.
>Of course you learn also a lot by just starting it yourself....
My comment was a general exhortation arising from but not related to your
specific question.
I would be interested to know how it works out. And I am sorry if my comment
caused you any offence.
Terry
Cor Breukel
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