> It’s exactly the sort of community which can potentially outperform whole large fields, because of the median researcher problem. On the other hand, that does

> It’s exactly the sort of community which can potentially outperform whole large fields, because of the median researcher problem. On the other hand, that does not mean that those fields are going to recognize LessWrong as a thought-leader or whatever. Oooooh, now I see what's going on here. The good ol' "the reason no one listens to us because we're too smart for them". Unfortunately, the fact that some smart people was ignored by their peers doesn't mean that "being ignored" suddenly becomes evidence for your thoughts being "beyond the median". It could also be that it's just not that groundbreaking. (Disclaimer: I've only read a few LessWrong articles over years and I don't have that strong opinion of their community. Mostly basing this comment on just this post.)