IlyaShpitser comments on Open thread, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 30 October 2014 10:54:59AM *  4 points [-]

Yes! In my opinion, it's a great habit to be on the lookout for things under a different name. This is the "academic coordination problem:" things are often rediscovered again and again, because people have incentives to write but not to read.