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

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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.