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Re:Replace Peer Review with “Peer Replication” (2021) by tnecniv on Sunday August 06, 2023 @05:52PM (#37027253)
It’s also very easy to come up with bad ideas — I did plenty of that and I still do, albeit less than I used to. Finding an idea that is novel, interesting, and tractable given your time, skills, resources, and knowledge of the literature is hard, and maybe the most important skill you develop as a researcher.

For a reductive example, the idea to solve P vs NP is a great one, but I’m not going to do that any time soon!

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Re:Replace Peer Review with “Peer Replication” (2021) by PaulHoule on Sunday August 06, 2023 @08:22PM (#37028448)
I'd say it is a bad idea because you're not going to succeed at it.
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Re:Replace Peer Review with “Peer Replication” (2021) by tnecniv on Monday August 07, 2023 @12:23AM (#37030105)
Sure because that’s an easy example and kind of my point. When you’re starting your PhD, it can be hard to determine what questions you can and cannot answer given your skills and surrounding literature. That comes from experience and trying (and failing) a lot.
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