“People forget that what you’re looking for is gigantic surprises and transformations that allow us to do things...

“People forget that what you’re looking for is gigantic surprises and transformations that allow us to do things that we never thought were possible,” he said.

“The only thing we know of that seems to work is to create an environment where people are thoughtful, they’re hopeful and they’re trying many ideas.”

He said that this approach can even be seen among venture capitalists, who only expect a “small fraction” of their investments to be successful.

“You’re looking for those rare, special investments and you have to spread the resources in order to get them,” he said.

He added that almost none of the world’s problems would “worry me if I felt that we knew how to work together and think through problems together in a rational way", noting that one of the best ways to achieve this goal is through teaching.

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Nobel laureate says scientific breakthrough ?would not be possible? today

Saul Perlmutter tells THE World Academic Summit that there is a ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of the purpose of research