How to do Optimal Scientific Research, by DragonGod:
Create a LaTeX document summarizing your preliminary ideas
Share it on LessWrong for feedback
Create more LaTeX documents
???
Profit
One one hand, 1) and 2) pretty accurately reflect real research, except you’re usually sharing with your advisor/peers/etc. On the other hand, they’re the easy part :-)
How to do Optimal Scientific Research, by DragonGod:
Create a LaTeX document summarizing your preliminary ideas
Share it on LessWrong for feedback
Create more LaTeX documents
???
Profit
One one hand, 1) and 2) pretty accurately reflect real research, except you’re usually sharing with your advisor/peers/etc. On the other hand, they’re the easy part :-)