Alicorn comments on Efficient prestige hypothesis - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 16 November 2009 10:32:50PM 5 points [-]

Prestige is a complicated indicator, and might underperform simpler indicators that are already incorporated in prestige evaluations. Cf. Michael Bishop, "In Praise of Epistemic Irresponsibility".