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Do you think that a better approach, given a lot of resources, would be to push more general/fundamental research without a clear end goal in mind? That approac
by rurp 6y ago
Do you think that a better approach, given a lot of resources, would be to push more general/fundamental research without a clear end goal in mind? That approach makes sense to me intuitively given how many surprising breakthroughs there have been throughout history, but I admittedly know very little about actual research.
- andi999 6y agoMost surprising breakthroughs (am not a historian though) were found with a clear goal in mind. It was just that the goal was very different from the breakthrough.
- rurp 6y agoAh ok, thanks. I guess in that case a good strategy could be to pursue a lot of specific goals, even if they don't seem worth it on the face of it. Seems like an approach the Ig Nobel awards would appreciate.