. @paulg on the risk of discovery: http://www.paulgraham.com/disc.html pic.twitter.com/hGVpUj4bRn
I've proposed a high risk program to several grant agencies. Each year, an audit. If # of failures isn't above a threshold, heads to roll...
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Obv. problem: deliberate funding of bad ideas. But there's an easy fix: a combined score which focuses on variance...
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Is this with the intent to push for more “fail fast” experimentalism?
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Not really. Just to increase the variance in what people try.
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Have you seen this? In the paperwork they make you convince them why your idea is rsiky. http://www.idi.mineco.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/menuitem.dbc68b34d11ccbd5d52ffeb801432ea0/?vgnextoid=fe0db3320c687410VgnVCM1000001d04140aRCRD …
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A project will fail if it seems to conventional, if it seems reasonable enough to get funding in regular calls.
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@corbett perhaps model parts off of NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts http://niacfellows.org ?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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