itaibn0 comments on Division of cognitive labour in accordance with researchers' ability - Less Wrong

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Comment author: itaibn0 16 January 2014 01:41:00PM 3 points [-]

If the difference in success was due to a difference in skill, I'd expect people who have previously been successful scientists to be reliably also successful in other areas, say as entrepreneurs. I don't see that being the case, so I suspect the difference in success is not so much due to a difference in skill.

I'd expect a better test would be to see if successful scientist in one field tends to stay successful when they move to a different field. In my understanding they often do.

Comment author: chaosmage 16 January 2014 03:46:30PM 0 points [-]

I agree that would be a better test.

Comment author: itaibn0 16 January 2014 10:14:05PM 0 points [-]

Now that you acknowledge that, I should acknowledge that my understanding did not come from any hard evidence, but rather from an accumulated intuition after hearing many stories of successful scientists. This understanding can certainly turn out to be false.

Comment author: CellBioGuy 16 January 2014 03:44:00PM *  0 points [-]

Perhaps because those that wouldn't be successful elsewhere accurately assess that they should never move.

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