Lumifer comments on The Value of Theoretical Research - Less Wrong

30 Post author: paulfchristiano 25 February 2011 06:06PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 10 July 2015 02:57:29PM 0 points [-]

I think you're confusing "intelligent, rational people" and "people with a diploma".

Comment author: [deleted] 11 July 2015 02:05:55AM *  0 points [-]

I'm not confusing the categories; I'm just holding (from experience) that P(intelligent, rational | diploma) > P(intelligent, rational | ~diploma).

Actually, no, hold on. While I do tend to hold that, I didn't state or use that assumption anywhere in the statement. In fact, even mentioning it reinforces my thesis: fields that genuinely have high demand for workers miraculously (rollseyes) stop caring so much about the paper credentials in favor of real experience and productivity.