JonahSinick comments on The Paucity of Elites Online - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JonahSinick 31 May 2013 06:32:56PM *  3 points [-]

Surely this partially accounts for the phenomenon. But I didn't mean to claim that elite mathematicians are unusually unlikely to blog: what I meant to convey is that they have the most to offer (mathematically), so that the opportunity cost (to the world) associated with them not blogging is highest.