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You know how sometimes people outside a domain can make the most interesting comments specifically because they don't know enough to dismiss what they're saying
by Kye 5y ago
You know how sometimes people outside a domain can make the most interesting comments specifically because they don't know enough to dismiss what they're saying out of hand? I find people who map out what they don't know while strolling into unknown territory tend to be the most interesting. They forge ahead knowing they don't know everything and don't waste time defending points that don't hold up to expert scrutiny.
It's a too-rare trait on HN, and I think the flip from OP's optimism to cynicism with more exposure leads a lot of people to dismiss the whole place.
- hprotagonist 5y agoThere is a particular delight in being The Scholar From Another Field Who Wound Up At Your Nice Conference. I get to ask all the stupid questions without any embarrassment, and often that slant perspective provokes fruitful conversations. Just as long as you keep the physicist quotient low ;)
- Kye 5y agoYou never want a critical mass of physicists. I carry a screwdriver just in case.
- hprotagonist 5y agothat just relocates the criticality point to wherever you lob the screwdriver. … have you considered keeping an eye out for the neighboring statistics conferences?
- Kye 5y agoThat was a joke about the Demon Core screwdriver: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core#Second_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core#Second_incident I'm not a physicist, but I play one at TeV.