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<h1>Research Ideas</h1>
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(<span class="bold">notes</span>
(date 2025-05-30)
(category <a href="../../notes.html">culture</a>)
(status <span class="status-evergreen">evergreen</span>)
(confidence certain)
(importance 5)
(tags methodology reflection ideas))
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<p class="preview">Someone (who is not me) should do something: a wishlist of miscellaneous research or project ideas—free to a good home.</p>
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<h2>Research Ideas</h2>
<p>A collection of research directions that seem promising but underexplored. Some are half-formed thoughts, others are more developed hypotheses waiting for the right moment or collaborator.</p>
<h3>Cognitive Science</h3>
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<li>The relationship between working memory capacity and creative output</li>
<li>How linguistic structure influences mathematical reasoning across cultures</li>
<li>The role of embodiment in abstract thinking</li>
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<h3>Technology & Society</h3>
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<li>Decentralized reputation systems that resist gaming</li>
<li>The long-term psychological effects of always-on connectivity</li>
<li>Designing AI systems that enhance rather than replace human creativity</li>
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<h3>Behavioral Economics</h3>
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<li>Why do people consistently underestimate compound effects?</li>
<li>The psychology of risk assessment in unprecedented situations</li>
<li>How social proof mechanisms can be designed to promote beneficial behaviors</li>
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<h3>Meta-Research</h3>
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<li>What makes some research paradigms more productive than others?</li>
<li>How do funding structures influence the types of questions that get asked?</li>
<li>The role of interdisciplinary collaboration in breakthrough discoveries</li>
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<p><em>Each idea here represents hours of thinking but years of potential work.</em></p>
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