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Jack comments on Theoretical "Target Audience" size of Less Wrong - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: Louie 16 November 2010 09:27PM

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Comment author: Jack 17 November 2010 01:07:24PM 3 points [-]

But several of our more productive posters/commenters did little to no college math. That might be a weird exception for philosophers, though.

I'm also not sure college math/science is a sufficiently narrowing criterion.

Comment author: Relsqui 17 November 2010 07:35:23PM 2 points [-]

Well, yes. That was an example; the point I intended and may not have been clear about was that specific content knowledge might be a more accurate way to narrow the set than a quantified measure of general intelligence. There are probably tons of extremely smart people who have never been exposed to the subjects which would make them productive LW contributors.