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Scott Alexander suggests that only about 20% of people may have the skill of remembering an idea and developing it further.
Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025
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“So that may be another one of those skills that only 20% of people have is when you have an idea,”
“you actually remember it and then you expand on it.”Play from 2:44:39Report a misattribution
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