army1987 comments on Einstein's Superpowers - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 May 2008 06:40AM

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Comment author: whowhowho 12 March 2013 12:56:19PM 1 point [-]

The point was this: that Einstein was very exceptional was not a good reason for thinking he had a very exceptional g, because it's not all about g.

Comment author: [deleted] 12 March 2013 07:42:22PM 1 point [-]

I agree if by the second instance of “very exceptional” you mean “one in a billion”, but not if you mean “one in a thousand”.