This doesn’t quite seem right, because just multiplying probabilities only works when all the quantities are independent. However, I’d put higher odds on someone having the ability to recognize a worthwhile result conditional on them having an ability to work on a problem, then having the ability to recognize a worthwhile result, so the multiplication of probabilities will be higher than it seems at first.
I’m unsure whether this consideration affects whether the distribution would be lognormal or not.
This doesn’t quite seem right, because just multiplying probabilities only works when all the quantities are independent. However, I’d put higher odds on someone having the ability to recognize a worthwhile result conditional on them having an ability to work on a problem, then having the ability to recognize a worthwhile result, so the multiplication of probabilities will be higher than it seems at first.
I’m unsure whether this consideration affects whether the distribution would be lognormal or not.