This seems like an odd concern… if you take a walk around Stanford campus on a typical weekday you’ll almost certainly pass a few people much smarter than you likely were, or ever will ever be, at the same age, in every possible way I can think of. And that applies to nearly everyone on LW, yes even Yudowsky.
And clearly there’s no mass demotivation as plenty of smart people, but not literal super genius smart, continue walking around Stanford? (which after all must make up the bulk of the student population)
This case feels different since you’re intentionally selecting the smartest people. I also wouldn’t feel that bad if I was on an Olympic training course and found that everyone was better than me. I think the hard thing is when it’s random “normal” people, like the group I go hiking with.
This seems like an odd concern… if you take a walk around Stanford campus on a typical weekday you’ll almost certainly pass a few people much smarter than you likely were, or ever will ever be, at the same age, in every possible way I can think of. And that applies to nearly everyone on LW, yes even Yudowsky.
And clearly there’s no mass demotivation as plenty of smart people, but not literal super genius smart, continue walking around Stanford? (which after all must make up the bulk of the student population)
This case feels different since you’re intentionally selecting the smartest people. I also wouldn’t feel that bad if I was on an Olympic training course and found that everyone was better than me. I think the hard thing is when it’s random “normal” people, like the group I go hiking with.