Tom Tagoe

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Alternatively you can leave the decision up to the “boss”, but I do not advise this unless there is full trust that they will make the decision that is in everyone's best interest.

Q: So if the position of author names carries so much weight, how do academics ever agree on this? A: Well, ideally, this should all be agreed upon before work begins. This way, everyone knows their pre-determined position so they can put in the amount of effort that matches

There are some things that many people consider common knowledge. Often this may only be common knowledge to people within a specific field and outsiders are largely ignorant.

All this to say the general rule is, ALWAYS leave room for error. If you think with this statement I just broke my own rule, well I have the competence to share with absolute confidence on this matter……or maybe not and I am another unknowing victim of the Duning-Kruger Effect.

Alongside this you will also constantly engage with people who are more confident and those who are less confident than yourself. It is always a positive interaction when competence matches confidence of not.

There are many things you know, but once you experience it, your depth of knowledge takes a whole new meaning. Take this one: “The less you know, the more you think you know.”

Every now and again it is worth being reminded that research is hard and neuroscience research is a different breed of hard, especially if you are doing this in Ghana. This all seems like an obvious reality, so I guess the real reminder is "Do Hard Things"

Thankfully I came for the science and not the weather. #Sfn2025