gwern comments on Open Thread: October 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 01 March 2010 01:55:54AM 1 point [-]

I would go with general metrics of 'influence' like in Murray's Human Accomplishment. It's easier to decide not to give someone a prize because you find them skeevy than it is to ignore their work and accomplishments in practice and to keep them out of the histories and reference works.