pnrjulius comments on Negative and Positive Selection - LessWrong

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Comment author: pnrjulius 06 July 2012 10:57:35PM 1 point [-]

otherwise we would see an occasional example of someone making a significant discovery outside academia.

Should we all place bets now that it will be Eliezer?

Comment author: shminux 07 July 2012 12:23:52AM 3 points [-]

He repeatedly mentioned that his skill is in formulating theorems, not proving them, and he has not formulated even one after some 5 years of working on the same problem, so the chances are not good.