Thanks to this question, I recently started thinking about how progress on open problems in math [1] could be made faster, at least with regard to low hanging fruit. I made a comment there about modeling the problem (how can progress be made faster) and a possible solution.
This brings me to a few questions:
Modeling the problem.
Solving the problem.
Is this a big enough deal that people want it solved? Or are people only interested in something like
a) More narrow areas with obvious value being improved?
b) The creation of a platform where people can put money on specific things that they want solved being solved/progress being made.
c) Something else?
How to test all of the above (and implement where applicable).
Meta: Should these all be posted as separate Questions? What should they be called? Have any of these questions already been asked?
[1] They have a certain formal/empirical quality which makes things simpler. It also might be easier to use this as a metric for ‘how good is our X [2] at advancing research (progress)’?
[2] Anything that could make a difference—a Platform, Organization, Program, a set of Math courses...
Thanks to this question, I recently started thinking about how progress on open problems in math [1] could be made faster, at least with regard to low hanging fruit. I made a comment there about modeling the problem (how can progress be made faster) and a possible solution. This brings me to a few questions:
Modeling the problem.
Solving the problem.
Is this a big enough deal that people want it solved? Or are people only interested in something like a) More narrow areas with obvious value being improved? b) The creation of a platform where people can put money on specific things that they want solved being solved/progress being made. c) Something else?
How to test all of the above (and implement where applicable).
Meta: Should these all be posted as separate Questions? What should they be called? Have any of these questions already been asked?
[1] They have a certain formal/empirical quality which makes things simpler. It also might be easier to use this as a metric for ‘how good is our X [2] at advancing research (progress)’?
[2] Anything that could make a difference—a Platform, Organization, Program, a set of Math courses...