Think in effect this wd mainly select for arrogance. In practice confidence nobody can possibly do what you do != true originality of work
This seems generically true: a researcher who is often worried about being scooped should change field, or at least problem type.https://twitter.com/preskill/status/903389753097277440 …
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It doesn't require such confidence - it requires confidence that no-one else is doing what you do, which is very different.
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I suspect many are instinctively resistant to this because the principle leads naturally to admitting that there may be too many of us
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It's part of the reason I left quantum computing, and haven't pursued deep learning in the conventional way. Hard to see as meaningful.
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Or they are an experimentalist. Or they work with a team. Lone genius not the only method for incredible science.
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I don't see what being an experimentalist or on a team has to do with it. I know experimentalists & teams who follow the strategy I suggest
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I'm not sure I completely buy this. There are many incentives to pursue a hot topic, and history is full of such competitions.
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Neither of those facts seems relevant to whether it's a good idea or not.
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Makes sense to me in theory but challenging in practice, esp. for early career folk with pressure to publish visibly and amass citations.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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agreed! There are plenty of problems to solve! But for many, it is about them and not the problems :(
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one problem, the systems insists on making it about them... You're forced info that. Grant apps and tenure tracks...
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