Swimming in the data, in opposition to being battered to and fro by the undertow or enormity of any project.

These are metaphors to help you understand the research process, not points for argument or debate, certainly not opinion. Those are the methods of those new to academic research who quickly grasp the ‘language’ of whatever happens to be current or popular and parrot it back. Instead, the point is to learn to think for yourselves.

Now I would like to think about getting ready for my holiday. Over and very out.