It was so humble and visceral and honest. here was a Nobel laureate telling me that he didn’t really understand it either Analogies that were meant to “help u

It was so humble and visceral and honest. here was a Nobel laureate telling me that he didn’t really understand it either Analogies that were meant to “help understand” reality had in fact supplanted it ... ts entire aim was to pretend that science is not mysterious. I've noticed that people at the top of their field in computing tend to have that humility, too. It's a contrast to those who insist that their way is the only way, that what they see is all there is to see. Computing is also mysterious.