The Phillips DNA Project

We're all in some mode as researchers but one of the tough parts about starting out is to not go too far to one extreme or the other. Persistence is one of the most important things in research, though it doesn't get an official mention as part of the scientific method. Being persistent is one of the hardest things to accomplish at the beginning. Optimism runs so high that there seems to be no need to be persistent or pessimism is so rampant that there is no point to being persistent. It seemingly will never come of anything anyway.

Neither way of thinking bodes well.  Click here to read more in Daniel Hubbard's genealogical blog.