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gothgirl420666 comments on Research is polygamous! The importance of what you do needn't be proportional to your awesomeness - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: gothgirl420666 26 May 2013 10:36:20PM 12 points [-]

I think this is more of a selfish thing, I imagine that this person probably did not think it would be better for the world that he research D or E instead of A, B, and C, merely that it would be better for himself if he did so. Better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond. See also: http://www.gwern.net/The%20Melancholy%20of%20Subculture%20Society