[Sigia-l] research: when is it enough?

[Ziya Oz]

"Fiorito, David" wrote:

> Good research asks a question then finds an answer.

No kidding. In case you missed it, the original question was, *when* do you
know that you found an answer? My answer: when you found it (semi
tongue-in-cheek).

Or parsing it slowly for you:

Question - What time is it?
Answer1 - Let me check the clock; oh, it's 2 o'clock.
Answer2 - Let me check all the clocks in this building and average them; oh,
it's 14:01.
Answer3 - Let me check all the clocks in this city and average them; oh,
it's 14:02.

You'll stop counting the bloody clocks when *you* think you've counted
enough or you can just refer to <http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/voice.html>.
It's all up to you.

Or parsing it even more slowly:

If you ask an asinine question without proper context like "where should the
navigation bar of a website go?" you'll only stop when *you* think you found
an/the answer, as there's no right/wrong answer.

So, it seems to me, the answer depends on the quality of the question and
the resources with which you can go after it. That is, you define the
criteria for satisfaction. When you're satisfied, the search is over.

Best,

Ziya