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Metus comments on Open thread, 11-17 August 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Metus 11 August 2014 03:22:54PM 7 points [-]

This is not a direct answer: Every time I come up with an idea in a field I am not very deeply involved in sooner or later I will realise that the phenomenon is either trivial, a misperception or very well studied. Most recently this happened with pecuniary externalities.