Feynman's Favourite Problems
Quote: “You have to keep a dozen of your favorite problems constantly present in your mind, although by and large they will lay in a dormant state. Every time you hear or read a new trick or a new result, test it against each of your twelve problems to see whether it helps. Every once in a while there will be a hit, and people will say, “How did he do it? He must be a genius!”
Inspiration from Richard Feynman
A technique and organizing principle for systemizing Intuition. By factoring out favourite problems, questions, or topics, new inspiration and ideas can be tested against the favourite problems for resonance.
Resonance exists for a reason but can be hard to identify consciously. Leveraging the favourite problems technique enables this testing process to be more systematic and therefore repeatable.