Are true geniuses extinct?

[phinds]

Gold? I guess we can call it gold.

Yep. Fools gold.

 

[phinds]

True, but social media created a golden era of pseudoscientific genius

But to be fair, it has also increased scientists already great ability to communicate quickly and casually with each other.

 

[pines-demon]

But to be fair, it has also increased scientists already great ability to communicate quickly and casually with each other.

To counter that we have publish or perish and the replication crisis.

 

[berkeman]

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