One thing I found particularly interesting about Aaron's talk Thursday was the discussion of academic integrity. I immediately started thinking about research papers. I find that often when writing them (such as the one looming on the horizon), it is very tempting to force academic sources to say what I want them to. It is so easy to pick that one misconstrued aside or that vague reference to support the main bulk of the argument. But it is called a research paper for a reason. It seems that one ought not just pick a topic and then find evidence to support it (the ends/means research Aaron referenced), but instead come to a conclusion based off of the research that has been done. Sounds pretty obvious, right? But somehow, I always seem to find myself tipping of the ledge of obscure references so support what I think works. Just something to ponder here as I'm looking for sources for the final paper...
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Yes! I was thinking of papers during his talk as well. Love your thoughts on this. I am going to go this route for our next paper!
ReplyDeleteI find myself doing that too, unfortunately. While actually researching, we find the truth that we might not like, but that will ultimately strengthen our argument and reduce our ignorance. Now to just remember that!
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