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So, the medium article headline (I have forgottem more javascript than most people ever learn) is actually a reference to neuromancer: "The Japanese had forgot
by jacobwilliamroy 7y ago
So, the medium article headline (I have forgottem more javascript than most people ever learn) is actually a reference to neuromancer:
"The Japanese had forgotten more neurosurgery than the Chinese had ever known"
In the book Case was trying to explain that the japanese had been studying neurosurgery for so long that they had forgotten many things which had become obsolete, an amount of knowledge which turned out to be more than the chinese had ever known.
Having read YDKJS and seen some of Mr. Simpson's talks, I do believe that he is qualified to make such a claim about himself.
- molecule 7y agoNot that I don’t appreciate a good William Gibson reference, but is there a specific aspect that makes this a reference to Neuromancer? The idiom is common and predates Neuromancer: > "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" is a number one country music single for The Davis Sisters in 1953. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Forgot_More_Than_You%27ll_Ever_Know https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Forgot_More_Than_You%27ll_Ev...
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoI guess there really isn't anything about it that makes it a reference to Neuromancer. It's just my own personal death-of-the-author interpretation; I've only seen the idiom in Neuromancer. But apparently, as you said, it is common and predates Neuromancer. I really appreciate the country love-song context; it is both interesting and amusing.