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Douglas_Knight comments on Biomedical research, superstars, and innovation - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: VipulNaik 14 March 2014 10:38PM

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 18 March 2014 03:24:42AM 1 point [-]

I don't know how relevant it is, but the claim that there are only 9 professors in America with salaries over $500k seems like a wide underestimate. Chicago has at least 5 with salaries over $700k, one in the business school and four in the medical school (p10).

Comment author: VipulNaik 18 March 2014 06:08:25PM 0 points [-]

Good point. I'll update the post later today to reflect this.