11-06-2007, 11:26 AM
You are quite right about the 'gut feeling;' practical research in science is less "fact-driven" than many scientists would care to admit openly. In many cases new lines of study arise from feelings about what would be an elegant solution to a problem rather than on any initial factual indications. Imagination plays a central role in science.
Martin
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