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by emodendroket 3985 days ago
> One reason for his success is that he multitasks well, whereas humans typically do not. This enables him to work the way he did/does.

But this is self-reported and multitaskers are known to significantly overrate their own performance.

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Yes, it is self-reported but the evidence is there to back it up.
Is it really? Maybe he would be producing much better work if he were to focus. We don't really have the information to judge.