shokwave comments on Productivity as a function of ability in theoretical fields - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shokwave 28 January 2014 04:22:33AM * 1 point [-]

I think it's a bit unfair to the average physicist to say that he's closer in intelligence to the village idiot than to Einstein

The average physicist's contribution to physics is closer to the village idiot's contribution than to Einstein's, no?

Comment author: satt 14 October 2014 11:06:55PM 0 points [-]

The average physicist's contribution to physics is closer to the village idiot's contribution than to Einstein's, no?

Depends on whether you use a log scale.

Comment author: James_Miller 15 October 2014 01:10:46AM 1 point [-]

And if you count teaching as a contribution.