[bdcravens]

The missing letter in R&D is E (experimentation). You have to validate assumptions and ideas and bridge the gap.

[RugnirViking]

research without experimentation anyone can do. "What if we had lasers strapped to the heads of sharks? what if dolphins could do the work if we gave them waterproof paper?". It almost seems trite to call that research. Of course, you can use previously existing statistics to come to these ideas in a way that feels like work. But its still deeply unhelpful

[ablob]

I haven't seen any research be done with out experimentation so far.

[voakbasda]

You can do research without experimentation, but then you can't call it science.