My Research Process: Understanding and Cultivating Research Taste — LessWrong
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x My Research Process: Understanding and Cultivating Research Taste — LessWrong How I Think About My Research Process Rationality Frontpage 36 My Research Process: Understanding and Cultivating Research Taste by Neel Nanda 1st May 2025 AI Alignment Forum 11 min read 3 36 Ω 14 This is post 3 of a sequence on my framework for doing and thinking about research. Start here . Introduction Spend enough time around researchers, and you'll hear talk of "research taste." It's often presented as a somewhat mystical quality distinguishing the seasoned research from the novice – an almost innate sense for
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