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One of the smartest people who ever lived and he was still suckered, due to greed.
by hermitcrab 2y ago
One of the smartest people who ever lived and he was still suckered, due to greed.
- richrichie 2y agoPrecisely why one should not place much emphasis on the takes of people like Paul Graham and LeCun outside their specialization. They are as susceptible as anyone to be suckered into an ideology.
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- TheAmazingRace 2y agoThe same can also be said for Dr. Jordan Peterson. He has expertise only within his specific domain, but then once he gets political or discusses the concept of God, he comes off as uninformed and out of his element.
- sumtechguy 2y agoIQ does not mean one thing. It is a range of things. You can be totally brilliant at one thing and a complete fool on something else. It is what I call the smart person trap. You know you are smart at one thing. So therefor you are smart so therefore you are probably good at everything. Poor logic. I heard a con artist put it this way 'i love suckering smart people they think they are never wrong'.
- nialv7 2y agoIs someone actually smart when they aren't smart enough to realise that they can be wrong?
- sumtechguy 2y agoYou would think that. But it is ego that takes over.