The first productive day I& #39;ve had in a while, even if that productivity started off by a Fact I& #39;ve been after for a few weeks coming along and stomping all over what I had built so far like a bully through a sand castle forcing me to start over and do it better

I wanted to tweet FACTS CAN& #39;T STOP ME but then I realised that possibly that isn& #39;t going to come across properly for an early career historian on the job market

Facts can indeed stop me, albeit only temporarily while I adjust my hypothesis and test it against the new information