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His lack of education is relevant because when you have at least some understanding of the depth of complex systems, it becomes very hard to imagine that a self
by babarock 13y ago
His lack of education is relevant because when you have at least some understanding of the depth of complex systems, it becomes very hard to imagine that a self-taught person has enough knowledge to speak competently about multiple such systems.
This is so wrong it's not even funny. If Peter Norvig can say "One of the best programmers I ever hired had only a High School degree" [1], then surely you can admit that your statement is wrong.
[1]: http://norvig.com/21-days.html http://norvig.com/21-days.html
- jessedhillon 13y agoI'm sorry that you understood my statement to be of the form "no such person exists, such that..." when in fact I was expressing a conclusion about the typical (perhaps stereotyped) person with this background.
- Anderkent 13y agoThe point is that whether a typical person understands that kind of system is irrelevant. He's already highly atypical by virtue of working for the NSA and being a whistle-blower.
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