Grant call: Describe the research methods.
Me, a mathematician:
- Reading a lot
- Thinking hard
- Scribbling
- Trying to prove stuff
- Actually proving stuff
Grant call: Describe the research methods.
Me, a mathematician:
- Reading a lot
- Thinking hard
- Scribbling
- Trying to prove stuff
- Actually proving stuff
Experiments are "fishing expeditions" only to the extent they are done without any ideas or predictions of outcomes
"Fishing expedition" describes the thinking of the researcher (applicant or reviewer), not necessarily the merits of the experiment #GrantApplications