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Comment author: SanguineEmpiricist 21 January 2015 09:16:56PM 2 points [-]

Incredible idea. However I would like to add that while this contains many fruitful directions, a substantial amount of important research is not 'directed'. See 'Happy Accidents' by Meyers and such. Caution is warranted because 'research funding' is like crack to rationalists.