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    The 13 research prompts that went viral on X last week. #4 saved my discussion section.

    A thread by @ChrisLaubAI compiled the most shared Claude prompts in research communities . I tested them. These two are absolute gold. 1. The Contradictions Finder "List all internal contradictions, unresolved tensions, or claims that don't fully follow from the evidence in this draft." It...
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    My first paper took 3 years and 4 rejections. Here is what I wish I knew in Year 1.

    James Dumlao, a PhD student at Michigan, started his program in Fall 2022. His first first-author paper? Published Summer 2025 . That's not a failure. That's the timeline. Things nobody tells you: "Rejection is not a verdict. It's a noisy signal from an overworked volunteer." Reviewers...
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    I finally stopped fearing the blank page. The trick is to stop "writing" entirely.

    I spent 6 months avoiding my discussion section. Then I read this Nature column that changed my brain chemistry . The problem wasn't writer's block. It was goal ambiguity. Bad goal: "Write the discussion." Good goals: "List three possible explanations for why my control group outperformed the...
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