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The Intellectual Yet Idiot

20 points by Red_Tarsius 10y ago

konschubert 10y ago
I am torn. On the one hand, I agree with a lot of the criticism. But in other places, it just becomes plain anti-intellectual.
- geezerjay 10y ago
  It's petty anti-intellectualism, pure and simple, and written by a very frustrated individual. The author shows himself having an axe to grind regarding educated individuals, and commits a long series of logical fallacies just to be able to criticize those who benefited from going to school and cultivating themselves. The author describes the cumulative result of having an education as "pass exams written by people like them", and proceeds to go on a rambling tirade regarding replication of scientific experiments, as it meant anything to him. The article is a complete waste of time. It's nothing more than ramblings of a frustrated idiot with a heavy inferiority complex whose complains boil down to not being the one in charge because others actually know best and are better prepared than him. He refuses to acknowledge that and took the initiative to put his ill-thought out ramblings in a blog post. It reads precisely as it is expected to read.
  - nailer 10y ago
    > It's nothing more than ramblings of a frustrated idiot with a heavy inferiority complex whose complains boil down to not being the one in charge The author is Nick Taleb, and has achieved more than most OxBridge grads. And from working with a lot of ImpBridge folks (being more CS relevant), while they're lovely people with (sometimes multiple) CS degrees, many can't make a complete product, can't deploy software, use a server OS, understand basic networking concepts, or sell something they've built.
    - 505 10y ago
      Maybe I'm an idiot, but I'm struggling to understand "ImpBridge". An impedance bridge of some kind? Contract bridge scoring? I think Taleb's article could have benefited from some better editing. I haven't read him before, though, and I think I'd understand him better if I read more of his articles.
      - mazeway 10y ago
        Probably means Imperial College and Cambridge?
      - DanBC 10y ago
        > but I'm struggling to understand "ImpBridge" ["impbridge" -"imp bridge"] returns these articles (with the Guardian article in first place). https://www.theguardian.com/education/shortcuts/2014/sep/16/imperial-college-cambridge-britains-best-university https://www.theguardian.com/education/shortcuts/2014/sep/16/... http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/7436 http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/7436 http://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2014/09/24/why-impbridge-will-never-happen-38185 http://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2014/09/24/why-impbridge-will...
- xupybd 10y ago
  Do you even lift bro? But seriously I think he has some valid points, but there is also a lot of tongue and cheek.

20 points by Red_Tarsius 10y ago

I am torn. On the one hand, I agree with a lot of the criticism. But in other places, it just becomes plain anti-intellectual.

geezerjay 10y ago
It's petty anti-intellectualism, pure and simple, and written by a very frustrated individual. The author shows himself having an axe to grind regarding educated individuals, and commits a long series of logical fallacies just to be able to criticize those who benefited from going to school and cultivating themselves. The author describes the cumulative result of having an education as "pass exams written by people like them", and proceeds to go on a rambling tirade regarding replication of scientific experiments, as it meant anything to him. The article is a complete waste of time. It's nothing more than ramblings of a frustrated idiot with a heavy inferiority complex whose complains boil down to not being the one in charge because others actually know best and are better prepared than him. He refuses to acknowledge that and took the initiative to put his ill-thought out ramblings in a blog post. It reads precisely as it is expected to read.
- nailer 10y ago
  > It's nothing more than ramblings of a frustrated idiot with a heavy inferiority complex whose complains boil down to not being the one in charge The author is Nick Taleb, and has achieved more than most OxBridge grads. And from working with a lot of ImpBridge folks (being more CS relevant), while they're lovely people with (sometimes multiple) CS degrees, many can't make a complete product, can't deploy software, use a server OS, understand basic networking concepts, or sell something they've built.
  - 505 10y ago
    Maybe I'm an idiot, but I'm struggling to understand "ImpBridge". An impedance bridge of some kind? Contract bridge scoring? I think Taleb's article could have benefited from some better editing. I haven't read him before, though, and I think I'd understand him better if I read more of his articles.
    - mazeway 10y ago
      Probably means Imperial College and Cambridge?
    - DanBC 10y ago
      > but I'm struggling to understand "ImpBridge" ["impbridge" -"imp bridge"] returns these articles (with the Guardian article in first place). https://www.theguardian.com/education/shortcuts/2014/sep/16/imperial-college-cambridge-britains-best-university https://www.theguardian.com/education/shortcuts/2014/sep/16/... http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/7436 http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/7436 http://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2014/09/24/why-impbridge-will-never-happen-38185 http://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2014/09/24/why-impbridge-will...
xupybd 10y ago
Do you even lift bro? But seriously I think he has some valid points, but there is also a lot of tongue and cheek.