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by rfzabick 5547 days ago
I think I remember reading Feynman saying that you should always have 15 or 20 problems that you have percolating in the back of your mind at any given time. Then, any time you learn a new trick or technique, apply it to all of those problems. Sometimes the new technique will work really well on one of those problems and you'll look really smart, but all you did was apply a technique from one person to one of your old problems.

I can't find the reference now...