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The second kind of reasoning is inline with PG's statement about hackers: I've found that people who are great at something are not so much convinced of their
by weaksauce 17y ago
The second kind of reasoning is inline with PG's statement about hackers:
I've found that people who are great at something are not so much convinced of their own greatness as mystified at why everyone else seems so incompetent.
From: Great Hackers, http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html
- notauser 17y ago'If I have seen further than others, it's because I am surrounded by dwarfs.' -- attributed to Murray Gell-Mann (I generally prefer Newton's version, and I'll aspire to be so humble until my achievements better his.)
- btilly 17y agoDid you know that Newton's version was written to a dwarf (Robert Hooke) who had accused Newton of taking his ideas? It is ironic that this pointed insult has become seen as a sign of his intellectual generosity.
- tokenadult 17y agoInteresting. That prompted me to look at the online references http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Fame http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Fame and learn about the personality disputes among scientists of that era.