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Originality is great and all but if there’s already a known, tried and tested approach, and you can’t see a way to significantly improve it, you should just use
by taneq 6y ago
Originality is great and all but if there’s already a known, tried and tested approach, and you can’t see a way to significantly improve it, you should just use il the known approach and save your ingenuity for problems that aren’t yet satisfactorily solved.
- maverickJ 6y agoExactly
- qrybam 6y agoOriginality Level 1: Review current options; do any of them solve your problem? Originality Level 2: Can any of the existing options be modified in a way that solves your problem? Originality Level 3: Solve the problem yourself.
- tuatoru 6y agoOriginality level 4: solve a better problem, in the process making your original problem disappear.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoDepends on the context, trying something just because it's new can be useful. You may diverge from the known methods/apparatus and eventually establish something better (in some dimension) than what's common. You may find you gradually converge on the known methods from a different angle; this can lead to understanding - like now I know why they do it like that! Context is whether it's appropriate to do such experimenting and exploring. Most new patents are for incremental improvements. Suggesting most people start from what's known to a high degree. If you've got the resources though, why not try something ...
- taneq 6y agoYeah, basic research is also important if you have the spare capacity to do it.