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Even if we accept the premise, the problem is that what's surprising varies per person. Particularly if you are an expert on the topic you are presenting, chan
by angarg12 3y ago
Even if we accept the premise, the problem is that what's surprising varies per person.
Particularly if you are an expert on the topic you are presenting, chances are that stuff that seems obvious to you will be surprising to others.
If you give a talk focusing on the limits of your knowledge (as a proxy for "surprising stuff"), most likely you'll lose most of your audience.
As a corollary most good talks will have a big chunk of stuff that will seem obvious to you... because it won't be for a lot of people.
Relevant XKCD https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/