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At some point you'll have to use your knowledge for something, and only then you'll find out whether or not your knowledge is complete, i.e. whether or not you'
by H8crilA 2y ago
At some point you'll have to use your knowledge for something, and only then you'll find out whether or not your knowledge is complete, i.e. whether or not you've actually learned the topic, or is there an entire aspect you haven't thought about before.
Of course this is all a simplification, if you learn protocol X and then someone comes up with protocol Y that just adds a few fields then it may be just enough to read about these new fields. I'm talking about larger stuff, like knowing quite a bit about radio communication protocols and encountering secure wireless ranging protocols. A whole other game.
- viraptor 2y agoOf course we find out we don't understand something via failure. But that's a different claim than needing to fail.
- H8crilA 2y agoI think the most correct way to phrase this would be that the more complicated something is, the more likely it is that you believe some falsehoods about it, or that there are entire areas that you didn't consider at all. And people are often very bad at recognizing complexity upfront. One extreme example that comes to mind is people asking contractors on websites like Upwork to implement a clone of google.com, with some ridiculous offers under $1000. The rationale being that google.com only has a logo, text field, and two buttons, so it shouldn't be too hard to make.