Ah, but part of my point is that theyâre inextricably linkedâat least for pre-paradigmatic research that requires creativity and donât have cheap empirical-legible measures of progress. Shorter legibility loops puts a heavy tax on the speed of progress, at least for the top of the competence distribution. I canât make very general claims here given how different research fields and groups are, but I donât want us to be blind to important considerations.
There are deeper models behind this claim, but one point is that the âlegibility loopsâ you have to obey to receive funding requires you to compromise between optimisation criteria, and there are steeper invisible costs there than people realise.
(Iâm only trying to talk about feedback here as it relates to research progress, not funding etc.)
Ah, but part of my point is that theyâre inextricably linkedâat least for pre-paradigmatic research that requires creativity and donât have cheap empirical-legible measures of progress. Shorter legibility loops puts a heavy tax on the speed of progress, at least for the top of the competence distribution. I canât make very general claims here given how different research fields and groups are, but I donât want us to be blind to important considerations.
There are deeper models behind this claim, but one point is that the âlegibility loopsâ you have to obey to receive funding requires you to compromise between optimisation criteria, and there are steeper invisible costs there than people realise.