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The little story about Max Planck does in my opinion have very practical consequences.
I have been confronted with (computy) problems in my dayjob more than once, where I did not have any clue, what was going on. There was noone in reach to talk more about it. My search Fu on the internet is mediocre at best. So how did I solve it? Well. Sit down every morning and look at the puzzle pieces. Pick something that looks "interesting" today. Rattle at the whole chain of hardware, software, measurements, results. Always ask yourself, whether you think this detail is the the way it presents itself, or whether you "know" it. Before you launch the next test or experiment, write down the expected outcome. Document your surprises! Put everything under scrutiny, even cables and power supplies. And so forth.
Now where does Planck come into this game? Well, it is just never "mostly complete". The "mostly" is, where so far invisible doors open to new knowledge or even new universes.
Good luck!
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_Now_, I completely agree! One thing that I've been doing a lot these last few years is writing *everything* down. Everything. All thoughts, feelings, insights, stupid ideas (you'd be surprised how many of those there are)... I mean my bio is literally "writing. writing some more.. writing everything out... honesty, all the way, from now on." I like the idea that you can lay it all out and try to find a way through and it will get easier when you write it out.