gworley comments on The Popularization Bias - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gworley 21 July 2009 06:27:07PM *  0 points [-]

Yes. Not to sound like a jerk, but I didn't realize it was so poorly known.

On the issue of nuggets of knowledge left, I think it's more so the case that we just don't know where we'll find them or that they aren't already well known. It will take something that will make someone who is aware of the details of some field realize that a popular account is needed because even his/her fellow smart people don't know about it.