gwern comments on Teaching rationality made me better (at research and other things) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 02 February 2012 06:30:31PM 20 points [-]

After helping teach mini-camp last year, I definitely experienced a huge increase in motivation for my own research, and in turn, productivity.

O RLY? Pics or GTFO. Er. Numbers or it didn't happen? Citations? You know what I mean.

Comment author: fiddlemath 04 February 2012 04:17:43AM 1 point [-]

Well, assuming he's being honest, from this post we can infer that he feels like he feels like he's more awesome.

Which, as I remember him, is actually kind of scary on its own. :)