Research Taste Exercises
Based on Chris Olah's lovely post about exercises to improve research taste, here is a list of exercises I have collected to try to improve my own research taste as a budding researcher. I will add as I find new ones!
Exercise | Source |
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Get a friend in your area to pick a random paper from your field that you haven't read and try to predict the reaction (citations, etc.) | Colah post comments |
Pay attention when other people try ideas you’ve had. How did the results compare with your expectations? | Colah post |
Write project proposals in short term & research plans in long term | tweet |