"No research is interesting and all research is uninteresting until the person explaining it (in writing or speech) can make it interesting".
Having said that, a few would argue that to some extent it depends on the audience. This would be similar to the "beauty lies in the eye of the beholder" argument. But I don't fully agree with it because I have seen several cases where seemingly unappealing research is made to appear novel, groundbreaking and interesting. Venues like 3MT and TED Talks have many examples of this.
Well, I guess the real question should be - "Is your research interesting to others?" But there is another part of this question that might be equally important - "Is your research interesting to you?". If you go around and ask a bunch of grad students, I am pretty sure many would answer this with a big NO. I personally agree with that too, but making your research interesting to you is probably the first step in making it interesting to others. Almost all grad students go through this cycle of love and hate for their research but deep down they will do anything for it, they want their research to get recognized (or published) and they tirelessly work on it hoping that one day it will love them back. I am a bit confused now, am I talking about research or raising kids?
Having said that, a few would argue that to some extent it depends on the audience. This would be similar to the "beauty lies in the eye of the beholder" argument. But I don't fully agree with it because I have seen several cases where seemingly unappealing research is made to appear novel, groundbreaking and interesting. Venues like 3MT and TED Talks have many examples of this.
Well, I guess the real question should be - "Is your research interesting to others?" But there is another part of this question that might be equally important - "Is your research interesting to you?". If you go around and ask a bunch of grad students, I am pretty sure many would answer this with a big NO. I personally agree with that too, but making your research interesting to you is probably the first step in making it interesting to others. Almost all grad students go through this cycle of love and hate for their research but deep down they will do anything for it, they want their research to get recognized (or published) and they tirelessly work on it hoping that one day it will love them back. I am a bit confused now, am I talking about research or raising kids?