saturn comments on Open Thread, January 1-15, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: saturn 17 January 2013 08:50:18AM 0 points [-]

doesn't the idea of a persistent ranking system, and the concern with it imply a belief in intelligence as a static factor? Less Wrong is a diverse community, but I was by and large under the impression that it was biased towards a growth mindset.

I'd just like to point out that a growth mindset is fully compatible with fixed intelligence. Fixed intelligence doesn't mean that growth is impossible, only that some people can grow faster than others.