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From his talk: > I refer to it by this name because I once discussed it with Murray Gell-Mann, and by dropping a famous name I imply greater importance to myse
by omegaham 9y ago
From his talk:
> I refer to it by this name because I once discussed it with Murray Gell-Mann, and by dropping a famous name I imply greater importance to myself, and to the effect, than it would otherwise have.
- umanwizard 9y agoThis might be humblebragging, since Crichton is certainly more famous than Gell-Mann.
- omegaham 9y agoBut Circhton was an author, while Gell-Mann was a physicist. We associate scientists with a lot more rigor than authors.