Taxonomy of researchers
Research methods
Education
Academia
First shared on LinkedIn on 14 May 2026, with the slide deck below.
I did a presentation to prospective “Honours” students at the University of Melbourne in 2019. I think my taxonomy of researchers holds up, especially now that we have literal robots doing research.
A taxonomy of researchers:
- Visionaries
- Scientists
- Research Robots
- Glass Bead Game Players
- Pragmatists