This post from Sep 2019 suggests a bunch of academic fields that are under-explored.
Table of Contents
๐งโโ๏ธ Origins of this List
๐ THE LIST
๐ฅ๏ธ Computer Science
๐ถ Lifelong learning
๐ฟ Transfer Learning
๐๏ธ Computronium
๐๏ธ Higher-level programming languages (and actually building large systems with them)
๐จโโ๏ธ Lexicographic conversions between algorithms and legal codes
๐งฑ Materials Science
๐ Biology
๐ฅถ Cryobiology
๐ Geoscience
๐ Economics
๐จโ๐ญ Organizational psychology and operations for unions
๐๏ธ Charter Cities
๐ง Neuroscience
๐ค Extreme Empathy
๐งโโ๏ธ Necroneurology
๐ Architecture
โ Mathematics
๐ Techniques for combining dependent instead of independent p-values for meta-analysis
๐ฒ Experimental design using solutions to problems in Latin Squares
โ๏ธ Physics
๐ค Philosophy
โ๏ธ Experimental Ethics
๐ธ Effective Altruism
๐ฉโ๐ฌ Improving the iteration speed of scientific knowledge
๐จโ๐ซ Alternatives to Peer-review-based funding
I recommend pasting the table of contents from Matthewโs post into your postโthat will make it much more likely that someone looking for writing about an area Matthew covered will actually find your post. (I assume you felt the post was too long/โcomplex to be worth crossposting in full, and I agree.)
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Thanks for linking this, this looks really interesting! If anyone is aware of other similar lists, or of more information about those fields and their importance (whether positive or negative), I would be interested in that.
I think that
Is really really REALLY important, but not everyone agrees. You can find more information in this critical review. ๐
But seriously, Iโd really love a deeper dive on many of these topics and other suggestions for academic disciplines