Lumifer comments on LessWrong 2.0 - Less Wrong

89 Post author: Vaniver 09 December 2015 06:59PM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 10 January 2016 01:59:06PM 0 points [-]

If we include the economics "nobel", do you find it unlikely that some quant in a bank who was never inside an university wins it?

Comment author: Lumifer 11 January 2016 03:32:43PM 1 point [-]

some quant in a bank who was never inside an university

Ain't no such thing. Banks are highly regulated conservative institutions and want credentials at least as much as any other employer.

In some exotic hedge fund, maybe, but I still don't know about a Nobel...