Michael Nielsen: Principles of Effective Research: Part IX

A longer post than usual today. We're now getting to the stuff that was in many ways the most fun to write, more concerned with the nitty-gritty of doing research. Today's post is concerned with different styles of doing research. In particular, I describe two idealizations, the "problem solver" and the "problem creator", and talk a little about how problem creators work. The next post will be about problem solvers.