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Funny, the PhD taught me to keep what I say fairly limited. On the other hand, I find generalists will say all kinds of crap that "sounds true" but they have at
by grigjd3 8y ago
Funny, the PhD taught me to keep what I say fairly limited. On the other hand, I find generalists will say all kinds of crap that "sounds true" but they have at best a weak theory and a couple of anecdotes.
- learc83 8y agoYou seem to be making an argument for a weak theory with a couple of anecdotes.
- xcccccc 8y agoI think by "generalists" he means "people who can talk seemingly brilliantly about a wide range of issues" rather than non-PhDs. I would agree with his statement then. I have never met a brilliant talker who could actually do anything. Many top mathematicians appear clumsy in presentations to the uneducated listener. It is a great tragedy that fluent talking (these days aided by teleprompter) passes for intelligence.
- zero_intp 8y agoOp is replying to anecdotes with anecdotes.
- grigjd3 8y agoThere is something kind of meta there, isn't there? ;)