1niplav7moThere's a long-ish exploration of this in Grand Futures
[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42275384-grand-futures] ch. 1 (Details box
7), focusing on long-term projects in general. I'm eliding some footnotes and
not linking the citations, for writing speed reasons:
I would add the (finished) ig-nobel price-worthy knuckle-cracking experiment
[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crack-research/] by Donald Unger.
Thanks, this is useful! I know the Convergent folks but wasn't aware of Speculative Technologies. The article looks interesting but is, unfortunately, paywalled/sign-up-walled.
What have been the longest scientific experiments? What would be worthwhile 25-year experiments?
I want someone to write an actual post on this but would also be happy to hear some initial, short answers.
I remember reading something on this or hearing these points made in a podcast but can't recall the source!