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He just said he likes the color blue because of the ocean, where does bis success come in on that?
by pipe01 3y ago
He just said he likes the color blue because of the ocean, where does bis success come in on that?
- wutwutwat 3y agoOk, let me maybe phrase it as a question. Had he not invented the blue led, would he be telling everyone his childhood in the fishing village made him love the color blue, or would that inspiring memory not exist or maybe not be so significant?
- Arrath 3y agoSince it's really impossible to say, we can consider the possibility that humble not-famous not-inventor alternate universe man might just live in a house with rooms painted various shades of blue because he loves the color so much. Or might run an etsy shop where the products are curiously mostly available in blue colors. Or he's a hobbyist 3d printer enthusiast and likes to use blue filament. Would he tell others that story? Maybe to bemused guests who remark upon entering the House of Blue. Who knows!
- dymk 3y agoWho cares? Its a weird gotcha to get hung up on.
- throwup238 3y ago> Its a weird gotcha to get hung up on. Hacker News in a nutshell.
- IshKebab 3y agoDoesn't look like he is dying on any hills to me. I agree with him, it's a funny small lie that is really common and people rarely notice.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoLie? What's the lie? And, what is your evidence that it is actually a lie?
- IshKebab 3y ago[flagged]
- cityofdelusion 3y agoThat is not what the video stated. His love of the ocean inspired blue being his favorite color.
- xanderlewis 3y agoI don’t think anyone takes it that seriously. It’s just a sweet story, and I like it.
- quenix 3y agoYou’re acting like he’s actively going around saying “Hey! Guess what my favorite color is? It’s blue! And I invented the blue LED, isn’t that a coincidence? And by the way, I loved the blue of the ocean since I was a kid!” He simply answered a question Derek asked and followed it up by saying that he probably likes blue because of the ocean’s color. It doesn’t even have anything to do with the LED. Weird hill to die on.
- detourdog 3y agoThis childhood detail about his experience with the color blue being revealed is what makes a good interview.
- tshaddox 3y agoI don’t think it’s odd for a child to pick blue as their favorite color because they grew up by the sea. That seems not at all unusual regardless of whether the child later grew up to invent the blue LED. There aren’t that many colors that kids tend to choose from when they develop a favorite color, and blue has got to be one of the more common ones.
- lupusreal 3y agoWould interviewers ask why his favorite color was blue if not for his inventing blue LEDs? Probably not. But might his favorite color still be blue because of his childhood memory? Sure, why not?
- klyrs 3y ago> Had he not invented the blue led, would he be telling everyone his childhood in the fishing village made him love the color blue No. Nobody would care. He'd learn to stop telling that dumb story. But here's the thing. It's a beautiful story, it's a touch of his personality, and those are nice things to have. And, I must insist, he's earned a little self-indulgent reminiscence.
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