waveman comments on Science: Do It Yourself - Less Wrong

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Comment author: waveman 20 August 2016 10:19:39AM 0 points [-]

see how they got there

It would also be worthwhile to look at people who did those things and see how they ended up i.e., look from the other side.

For example if you look at rock musicians you are likely to find they neglected their studies and focused entirely on their music. But this seems to be a strategy with a pretty low expectation and very high variance in outcomes.

Comment author: ChristianKl 20 August 2016 10:32:42AM 0 points [-]

It would also be worthwhile to look at people who did those things and see how they ended up i.e., look from the other side.

How do you practically do that?