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>When I’m consuming non-fiction content, I try to write down specific experiments I can try that put the things I “learned” into practice. Could you turn this
by closedloop129 4y ago
>When I’m consuming non-fiction content, I try to write down specific experiments I can try that put the things I “learned” into practice.
Could you turn this into a social network where people cooperate to do these experiments? It could be used to figure out which ideas are helpful and it could be used to help people when they are stuck implementing an idea.
- hammock 4y agoWe could get the government to fund the experiments with research dollars, and build institutions around the country where people run these experiments with young people eager to learn and apply science and get experience with such things. Then the results could be published first in science journals for the other institutions, and then the best ones written up in popular book form for the masses to consume. Wait a minute…
- closedloop129 4y agoExactly. However, the incentives are different. Academics do not necessarily care about the same questions. They are also not personally affected but just research a topic. With a social network, people with problems can come up with their own answers. They already do, in existing networks. I think, organizing a social network by research question could be an improvement on the status quo.