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A model of research skill — LessWrong

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Doing research means answering questions no one yet knows the answer to. Lots of impactful projects are downstream of being good at this. A good firs…

x A model of research skill — LessWrong Research Taste Skill Building Practical World Modeling Frontpage 63 A model of research skill by L Rudolf L 8th Jan 2024 Linkpost for www.strataoftheworld.com 14 min read 6 63 Doing research means answering questions no one yet knows the answer to. Lots of impactful projects are downstream of being good at this. A good first step is to have a model for what the hard parts of research skill are. Two failure modes There are two opposing failure modes you can fall into when thinking about research skill. The first is the deferential one. Research skill is t

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