In this episode we discuss Daniel Dennett's distinction between chess, or research worth doing, and 'chmess,'  research not worth doing. We discuss ways to determine whether our research is chess or chmess, and how to avoid being sucked into lines of research we don't particularly care about. 

Shownotes

• Dennett, D. C. (2006). Higher-order truths about chmess. Topoi, 25, 39–41.

• Folderol means 'a useless ornament or accessory', and is used to indicate something is 'nonsense'.