A few months ago, I decided to try a "gather impossible problems, hold off on proposing solutions until we've thoroughly understood them, then solve them" 'campaign'. The problems I came up with focused on blindness, so I started the discussion here rather than LW. I was surprised when I looked it up today and found that it only lasted for four days--I had been sure it had managed to drag on a little longer than that.

I recall someone tried something similar on LW, though considerably less focused and more willing to take things they couldn't be expected to solve without many more resources. I also recall that little if anything came of it.

Something tells me we're doing it wrong.