The big names do tend to have disproportionate weight, but they’re few in number, and when a big name promotes something the median researcher doesn’t understand everyone just kind of shrugs and ignores them. Memeticity selects who the big names are, much more so than vice-versa.
The big names do tend to have disproportionate weight, but they’re few in number, and when a big name promotes something the median researcher doesn’t understand everyone just kind of shrugs and ignores them. Memeticity selects who the big names are, much more so than vice-versa.