But if your goal is to achieve high counterfactual impact in your own research, then you should probably draw inspiration from the opposite: “singular” discoveries, i.e. discoveries which nobody else was anywhere close to figuring out.
This idea reminds me of the concepts in this post: Focus on the places where you feel shocked everyone’s dropping the ball.
This idea reminds me of the concepts in this post: Focus on the places where you feel shocked everyone’s dropping the ball.