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NancyLebovitz comments on Cryonics: Can I Take Door No. 3? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 05 September 2012 06:58:18PM 1 point [-]

Another possible hard part: if world-shaking genius (not just being unusually smart) is the result of having the sort of mind which fits a solvable hard problem, then how would anyone know what traits to amplify and what education is needed?

Comment author: advancedatheist 05 September 2012 11:34:51PM 0 points [-]

Don't underestimate the power of g:

http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/2002ghighlygeneral.pdf

Linda Gottfredson's papers in general reward study:

http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/

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