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NancyLebovitz comments on Stupid Questions December 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 December 2014 04:16:44AM 3 points [-]

There may be a choice between a lot of time thinking/learning vs. a lot of time socializing.

It seems to me that a lot of famous creative people were childhood invalids, though I haven't heard of any such from recent decades. It may be that the right level of invalidism isn't common any more.