PhilGoetz comments on What science needs - Less Wrong

42 Post author: PhilGoetz 02 December 2012 10:31PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 05 December 2012 08:36:38PM 3 points [-]

In other words, you shouldn't do research?

Research has a high payoff, but only a little of it is captured by the people who did the research. Research should be done, but it's a tragedy of the commons.

Comment author: thomblake 05 December 2012 09:09:21PM 2 points [-]

Sounds more like an awesome of the commons. Aren't scientists relevantly similar to OSS programmers?