Constructive vs. Deconstructive Research: The Need for Balance in Scientific Progress
Exploring the Interplay and Importance of Constructive and Deconstructive Approaches in Science
What is constructive and deconstructive research?
In research, I like to generalize the field into two types of work: constructive and deconstructive. The field of science appears to favor constructive work that creates a profitable solution and disfavors deconstructive work that further investigates the very challenges to which constructive work attempt…