Pavitra comments on Undiscriminating Skepticism - Less Wrong
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People tend to believe things that are popular to believe. If you want to find out whether someone's actually smart, rather than if they're just going along with the crowd, then look at their unpopular beliefs. If they believe unpopular true things, they're probably actually smart.