gwern comments on Research is polygamous! The importance of what you do needn't be proportional to your awesomeness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 26 May 2013 11:33:56PM 24 points [-]

There's someone who once said that the most popular/prestigious research topics, such as theoretical physics, are oversaturated with really smart people; if one person didn't make a certain discovery, someone else would have done it soon afterward, so smart people should try to go into fields that are useful but don't normally attract geniuses. I don't remember where I read it, though.

Comment author: gwern 27 May 2013 12:02:44AM *  19 points [-]

You're thinking of Aubrey de Grey.

Comment author: CronoDAS 27 May 2013 03:18:38AM 3 points [-]

Thanks for tracking down the quote; I had trouble locating it.

Comment author: gwern 27 May 2013 08:56:54PM 4 points [-]

Well, that's what spaced repetition is for.

Comment author: CronoDAS 28 May 2013 06:10:40AM 1 point [-]

Normally Google works for finding quotes but my Google-fu failed me this time.

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