"Well, if they're already doing the obvious, I think the steps beyond that are knowledge-for-sale not universal-basics.  Still, should probably get a book on that."

"But if we got that book, and after reading it, the notion of the tiny spirals and the package-tuples gave you some idea that you thought people probably hadn't tried yet - well.  What sort of precautions should you take, when trying to create new strains of corn using a clever new method nobody's tried before?  Because in real life, there's no teacher telling you which precautions you need to take, or correcting you if you miss one."

"Well, if they're already doing the obvious, I think the steps beyond that are knowledge-for-sale not universal-basics.  Still, should probably get a book on that."

"But if we got that book, and after reading it, the notion of the tiny spirals and the package-tuples gave you some idea that you thought people probably hadn't tried yet - well.  What sort of precautions should you take, when trying to create new strains of corn using a clever new method nobody's tried before?  Because in real life, on really novel problems, there's no teacher telling you which precautions you need to take, or correcting you if you miss one."