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Honestly this is one of the most ridiculous things I've read on HN, and yes I mean that perfectly literally. Its almost as if this comment is itself a piece of
by jalgos_eminator 5y ago
Honestly this is one of the most ridiculous things I've read on HN, and yes I mean that perfectly literally. Its almost as if this comment is itself a piece of performance art, because the Mona Lisa is (sometimes literally) the standard for all art (at least paintings).
- routerl 5y agoAgreed, it was a ridiculous comment. I did, however, try to design that ridiculousness to make a point.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoFor those of us who aren't subtle enough, could you state your actual point?
- routerl 5y agoOk, you know how people thought Cantor was crazy because he proposed that there were both countable and uncountable infinities? In retrospect, those of us who are mathematically inclined can understand the value of Cantor's work, since it gave rise to set theory and many more things that are clearly useful and important. But they weren't always clearly useful and important. The value of Cantor's work was once so not clear that many serious and influential people dismissed and attacked it. Would you like to not be one of those people? Then you should probably practice talking about why certain art is bullshit, and certain other art isn't bullshit, because it will strengthen your "is this bullshit" muscles, so you can more expertly apply those muscles to really important questions, like "are self-driving cars feasible within the next few years", or "do covid booster shots make sense".
- drnex 5y agoI like to think that when you dismiss something as being ridiculous, you lose the possibility of integrating it into your body of knowledge. Cheers.