Antony Van der Mude·Follow1 min read·Jul 22, 2022--1ListenShareI don't think that considering being a plotter over a pantser is a useful distinction. If you know your goal, then go for it. But sometimes it is better to go by the seat of your pants. Being a plotter means that you only find what you are looking for already. This is known as the StrretLight Effecthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effectThe policeman asks why he is searching here, and the drunk replies, "this is where the light is".Let's take another case. I spent six months looking at genomics data before coming up with a theory on how the genome represents body part structure:"Structure Encoding in DNA," Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol. 492, 7 May 2020, 110205DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110205A summary essay can be found here:https://medium.com/a-microbiome-scientist-at-large/structure-encoding-in-dna-what-is-the-junk-dna-used-for-bfa224618b4cMy conclusion, that transposons are not invaders of the genome but play an essential part in defining plants and animals sbsolutely would not have been reached if I had planned it, since they are considered "selfish gene elements" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposable_elementThe upshot is: if you want easy incremental results, be a plotter. I you want to aim for the fences, be a pantser.
