gwern comments on Post ridiculous munchkin ideas! - LessWrong

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Comment author: gwern 23 May 2013 03:02:35AM 2 points [-]

I wouldn't. A golden-mean effect where names which are too rare hurt and names which are too common also hurt is one of the first and most obvious hypotheses which come to mind, and I would be extremely surprised if no researcher had checked for this and this suggestion either debunked or embraced with qualifications.