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Gurkenglas comments on [Link] Distance from Harvard - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: GLaDOS 16 October 2013 08:43PM

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Comment author: Gurkenglas 19 October 2013 07:42:52AM 2 points [-]

Because there are usually many more possible applications to practical problems than avenues of basic research in their main field, which lessens the number of people thinking the same thoughts?