I tinker with ideas all the time... as far as disciplined research, that requires feedback from peers. I wouldn't be a stickler about "qualifications" in the pa

I tinker with ideas all the time... as far as disciplined research, that requires feedback from peers. I wouldn't be a stickler about "qualifications" in the paper sense, but care deeply about actual competence in them. My hobby horse is the BitGrid, a "Turing Complete" systolic array that I hope to see actually reach Petaflop performance. Of course, it could just be a pretty stone of no practical value.