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am_Unition · 1422 days ago · link · · parent · post: When Good Waves Go Rogue: Even in calm seas, waves can become monsters
Why do you think you should be embarrassed for independently arriving at an idea? Especially if you're increasingly nipping at the heels of the cutting edge. Perhaps the most important thing a good advisor does is serve as a living record of the publishing history in their field. Take ideas to them, and they'll tell you if you're in relatively uncharted waters or not. Ingesting decades of research history in a field (at least as large as mine) is difficult while trying to publish your own research at the same time. But difficult hasn't stopped you yet, and advisors aren't infallible... :)