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I got the same. I disagree with a few core points - I think the doc goes at good lenghts to show that Senna's piloting was not always "healthy" for others or hi
by gota 6y ago
I got the same. I disagree with a few core points - I think the doc goes at good lenghts to show that Senna's piloting was not always "healthy" for others or himself! So I was curious to read in-depth arguments. And I found none.
If the argument is that Senna's idolized figure is unwarranted - why? Otherwise, whats the point of describing it in such terms? To my recollection Prost's opinion that Senna was too temerary and downright arrogant in "wanting to humiliate" him is _completely justified_ in the doc's narrative. So where is this mary-sueness that the article implies?
If Senna's relationship with Prost was mischaracterized - How? Prost is quoted agreeing but no info is given. This is especially important because we know for a fact that Balestre ruled in Prost's favor in the case that is highlighted in the doc.
I can't even begin to judge some of the other claims or opinions on this piece because they are completely without substance. Too bad - seems like there is a good discussion in there.
Perhaps I'll find it in the Hacker News comment section unrelated to the article itself.
- schoen 6y ago> too temerary By the way, the best English equivalent of temerário/temerario is "temerarious". [Edit: per your reply, I should also point out that "temerarious" is an extremely uncommon English word too; it's just that "temerary" may not even exist at all.]
- gota 6y agoThanks - I'm not particularly stressed about sounding 100% idiomatic as long as I get the point across (and am not flat out wrong). In this case I think I got the term from an Italian friend, so it might relate to some other word in italian. Also neither of temerário/temerario are common at all in Portuguese or Spanish, so I the idiomatic term the other way around, in the expression I used, should be 'imprudente' I think
- schoen 6y agoI think the most idiomatic English terms to criticize someone who is incautious or too eager to take big risks spontaneously would probably be "reckless" or "rash". :-) (In English, "imprudent" refers more often to actions or decisions rather than to people.)