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We've got an idiom for that: being a big fish in a small pond. Then you move or have some experience that opens your eyes and you see that there are so many pe
by zdragnar 2y ago
We've got an idiom for that: being a big fish in a small pond.
Then you move or have some experience that opens your eyes and you see that there are so many people out there that you're not actually as special / smart / talented / athletic etc as you thought.
I've had the experience a few times myself, and it's always a bit of an existential wakeup call.
- wholinator2 2y agoYeah, i was the best physicist the tiny impoverished state school had seen in years. I'm_significantly_ behind everyone else in my PhD program. But then, i tell myself if i can't be the best prepared, i can be the hardest worker. But realistically... nah. I'd rather stay _inside_ the 5th story window of my office. It's not a race, unless you're losing
- whatshisface 2y agoErdos could learn as much in five minutes as the average person can in five years, but there are more things to study than he had five-minute intervals.
- yapyap 2y agoWhat
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- recursive 2y agoErdos learn a million time faster than Grug. But Erdos still not learn everything.
- tornadofart 2y agoIf topics infinite: Knowledge of Erdos bigger than knowledge of Grug, but ignorance of Erdos as big as ignorance of Grug: both infinite :)
- com2kid 2y agoMy first job at Microsoft fresh out of college, my office mate had 2 PhDs, one in chemistry and one in physics. Related - About 10 seconds into my first job I decided that staying quiet for a bit and listening to people around me would be a very good strategy throughout life.