I’m not sure the point of outlining a research program in an area where you are not an expert and there are now many experts. First you just want to find out what the current experts think they know. Then if you want to know more, I’d think you’d either want to ask those experts to outline a research program, or you’d want to become an expert yourself and then outline a program.
I’m not sure the point of outlining a research program in an area where you are not an expert and there are now many experts. First you just want to find out what the current experts think they know. Then if you want to know more, I’d think you’d either want to ask those experts to outline a research program, or you’d want to become an expert yourself and then outline a program.
There is an incredible amount of LW posts to which this refrain is relevant. :(
Any particular egregious examples come to mind? I’m curious which types of posts you’re referring to.
Ps: do you know of any similar research project done by proper experts?
Fair point. My main added value is to get the bias stuff and competence-in-experts in there; this seemed to be the most useful way of doing so.