Kingreaper comments on The "Outside the Box" Box - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kingreaper 14 September 2010 10:25:14AM *  2 points [-]

It's not like the science get devalued if it's discovered twice

If the knowledge discovered has a value X, then discovering it twice gives the discovery an average value X/2, and discovering it thrice gives the discovery an average value X/3.

This is of course a simplification, because the confirmation received from having multiple copies of the discovery is itself of some value, which flattens the value curve; however the value of a confirmation decreases with each confirmation already extant.