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by dr-neptune 1456 days ago
> They determined peak creativity by the point at which the subjects’ scientific papers had the most citations and were thus most influential

Wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that they are actually measuring popularity rather than creativity? I'd guess there is survivorship bias here since

- The study only looked at Nobel prize winners

- Experimental ideas tend to be niche, i.e. not applicable to most situations, not well explored already