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92 Post author: Psychohistorian 14 April 2011 04:20PM

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Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 15 April 2011 08:33:48PM 3 points [-]

I agree, but you should consider that this is about to happen (in a widespread way) for the first time.

Also, some people keep such knowledge to themselves - weighing the advantage they get from being one of the few to have and use it as more than they'd get by gaining fame in sharing it. (But it's true that such powerful secrets tend to spread rapidly, if shared at all.)