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Information Processing: Success, Ability, and all that

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Information Processing: Success, Ability, and all that About Me Steve Hsu View my complete profile Saturday, July 26, 2014 Success, Ability, and all that I came across this nice discussion at LessWrong which is similar to my old post Success vs Ability . The illustration below shows why even a strong predictor of outcome is seldom able to pick out the very top performer: e.g., taller people are on average better at basketball, but the best player in the world is not the tallest; smarter people are on average better at making money, but the richest person in the world is not the smartest, etc.

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