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brainstorming

Generates and selects research directions, mapping what is known and what is open, producing many candidate ideas by named moves (gap, transfer, inversion, constraint change, scale, failure analysis), then ranking them by tractability and value and committing to a shortlist. Use for open-ended ideation, "what should I work on", finding research gaps, exploring interdisciplinary connections, or choosing among directions. For turning a chosen direction into testable statements use hypotheses.

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# Brainstorming

Good research ideas are not found by asking for good ideas. They come from a clear map of
what is known, a deliberate set of moves that produce many candidates, and a cold ranking
that throws most of them away. Generation and selection are separate steps; mixing them
kills the unusual candidates first.

## Rules

1. **Map before you generate.** Ten minutes on what is established, what is contested and
   what is assumed produces better candidates than an hour of free association. Use the
   user's notes and, when the field is unfamiliar, one research-lookup or a shallow
   literature-review round.
2. **Generate wide, by named moves.** Aim for fifteen to thirty candidates across the moves