[extropy-chat] Reputation was Education monopolies

[Robert Bradbury]

On 1/27/07, Keith Henson <hkhenson at rogers.com> wrote:

> I am amused.


Happy to  provide entertainment, please leave a few $ in the cup by the door
as you leave.

I don't know about Merkle and Freitas, but _one_ of the reasons Drexler's
> writing has few flaws is that he had a bunch of editors and fact
> checkers.  (My wife was among them for _Nanosystems_)


Interesting.  I would be curious to know whether the flaws were numerical,
logical, or referential.

And I agree with your assertion.  Being wise enough to have internal review
and incorporate worthwhile comments is a productive strategy.  I cannot help
however being struck by the fact of how accurate Nanosystems was/is given
that it was written 15+ years ago.  So hats off to the reviewers (however
unknown).

Of course being humble enough to know you are not perfect and *need* others
> to look at your work before publication is in itself a darn good reason
> for
> high reputation.


Agreed.  When one is knee deep in a problem (as I currently am with
mechanisms of aging) it  is useful to have external inputs.

Robert
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