sam_kayley comments on Marginally Zero-Sum Efforts - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 11 April 2007 05:22AM

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Comment author: sam_kayley 11 April 2007 08:04:32PM 2 points [-]

Job applications are another example of this effect.

For funding agencies that are all under the control of (e.g.) the US government, rationing the total number of applications any researcher (or group) can put in could be a solution.