Research Hamming Questions - LessWrong
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We’ll start with Richard Hamming’s original question: what are the most important problems in your field? …
x Research Hamming Questions — LessWrong Hamming Questions Rationality Frontpage 94 Research Hamming Questions by johnswentworth 22nd Mar 2022 4 min read 7 94 We’ll start with Richard Hamming’s original question: what are the most important problems in your field? (At this point, you should grab pencil and paper, or open a text file, or whatever. Set a timer for at least two minutes - or five to ten if you want to do a longer version of this exercise - and write down the most important problems in your field. The rest of the questions will be variations on this first one, all intended to come
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