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How to communicate to collaborators that a planned experiment is scientifica...
Collaboration
A collaborator may be excited about an experiment you think adds little to the core story. How can you push back respectfully without discouraging them?
Gregory Adams, George Perez and 37 others4 Comments-
Anchor discussion to the central research question of the manuscript.
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Ask them to articulate what new insight this experiment would deliver.
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Offer to schedule it as future work if it is interesting but non‑essential.
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Keep the tone exploratory rather than dismissive of their idea.
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