Thats likely a mistake, yes.
In some ways, one can consider great people points in the same way as one consideres hammers, commerce etc...
A specialist scientist yields 3 beakers and 3 great people points.
The first Great scientists cost 100 great people points, and with this guy you can bulb math for 400 beakers!
Thus those 100 great people points was each worth 4 beakers, and the specialists you hired to gain those points where yielding 3 raw beakers, and then 3*4=12 beakers in great people points.
Specialist yielding 15 beakers in total... Or two goldmines.
Quite insane!!
And bulbing math is really really bad. Better bulb philosophy for 1000+ beakers.
There are diminishing returns on the great people though, but the first half-dozen or so are extremly powerful and should not be ignored!
In some ways, one can consider great people points in the same way as one consideres hammers, commerce etc...
A specialist scientist yields 3 beakers and 3 great people points.
The first Great scientists cost 100 great people points, and with this guy you can bulb math for 400 beakers!
Thus those 100 great people points was each worth 4 beakers, and the specialists you hired to gain those points where yielding 3 raw beakers, and then 3*4=12 beakers in great people points.
Specialist yielding 15 beakers in total... Or two goldmines.
Quite insane!!
And bulbing math is really really bad. Better bulb philosophy for 1000+ beakers.
There are diminishing returns on the great people though, but the first half-dozen or so are extremly powerful and should not be ignored!