Yep, as I said in the parenthetical, the model is incorrect. I’m >95% sure that some people are twice as competent as other people and wouldn’t be surprised to encounter 10x gaps or higher if we’re allowed to pick from outliers in both directions.
Finding an extreme polymath is a good trick if you can do it. Sometimes you can do it.
I wasn’t trying to hold you to that model, since it didn’t seem fundamental to the point of the article (and you already mentioned not being attached to it). It was more an “oh, this reminds me of this guy” kind of thing, which might or might not be relevant to the thing in question (probably less so than I originally thought). Either way, it wasn’t intended as a serious rebuttal.
Yep, as I said in the parenthetical, the model is incorrect. I’m >95% sure that some people are twice as competent as other people and wouldn’t be surprised to encounter 10x gaps or higher if we’re allowed to pick from outliers in both directions.
Finding an extreme polymath is a good trick if you can do it. Sometimes you can do it.
I wasn’t trying to hold you to that model, since it didn’t seem fundamental to the point of the article (and you already mentioned not being attached to it). It was more an “oh, this reminds me of this guy” kind of thing, which might or might not be relevant to the thing in question (probably less so than I originally thought). Either way, it wasn’t intended as a serious rebuttal.