other than 'on their own' which is basically true for almost
everything in most contexts and certainly makes the statement a
'cannot' as we cannot invent research practices out of socio/
historical contexts, why can't individual students invent a whole
body of new research practices? here i'm thinking of the example of
the character 'richard macduff' from dirk gently, who accidentally
invented a whole field of analysis and interpretation of data... it
seems possible, though unlikely. but i guess what i'm most interested
in is the 'cannot'. i'm wondering what is meant by that.
On Dec 13, 2008, at 9:10 AM, Chris Rust wrote:
> I wrote:
>
>> The most important thing is that individual students can invent a
>> whole body of new research practices on their own
>
> Of course I meant that:
>
> individual students CANNOT invent a whole body of new research
> practices on their own
>
> Regards
> Chris
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