Some of the most interesting research that I did was about risk assessment and how ordinary citizens like me handle risk assessment and how irregular our risk assessments are.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology.
Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.
I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination.
I did the first study because I had been exposed to something that I took to be important and interesting - this thought reform process - in the military.
It was also my experience at Hull-House that aroused my interest in industrial diseases.
During this period, I became interested in how the new techniques of cloning and sequencing DNA could influence the study of genetics and I was an early and active proponent of the Human Genome Sequencing Project.
I'm really focused on my research almost 100 percent. That, and my family and kids.
I have always focused on basic research, motivated by a desire to understand the world.
It came as a surprise to find that a professional society and journal (Econometrica) were flourishing, and I entered this area of study with great enthusiasm.
I read the papers online, and something usually piques my curiosity - that will then be the baseline of my research for the day.
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