In general, I expect problems that require multiple “epiphanies”—bottlenecks which require a non-obvious-approach—to benefit most from additional researchers, while problems that require holding a deep understanding of a complex and “large” problem in mind to benefit from individual geniuses.
This clearly has the flaw that true collaboration—group comprehension of a complex problem—is occasionally possible, which makes me think that focusing on solving and teaching collaboration might be more useful than focusing on geniuses.
In general, I expect problems that require multiple “epiphanies”—bottlenecks which require a non-obvious-approach—to benefit most from additional researchers, while problems that require holding a deep understanding of a complex and “large” problem in mind to benefit from individual geniuses.
This clearly has the flaw that true collaboration—group comprehension of a complex problem—is occasionally possible, which makes me think that focusing on solving and teaching collaboration might be more useful than focusing on geniuses.