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24 Post author: lukeprog 06 June 2012 06:57PM

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Comment author: reup 07 June 2012 08:40:36PM 3 points [-]

The fact that you are looking for "raw" math ability seems questionable. If their most recent achievements are IMO/SAT, you're looking at high schoolers or early undergrads (Putnam winners have their tickets punched at top grad schools and will be very hard to recruit). Given that, you'll have at least a 5-10 year lag while they continue learning enough to do basic research.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 13 February 2013 12:25:12AM 2 points [-]

Yes. So? During that time, you can get them interested in rationality and x-risk.