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It's a great speech. Having never seen this before is perfectly reasonable if you're new.
by alrs 13y ago
It's a great speech.
Having never seen this before is perfectly reasonable if you're new.
- mikeash 13y agoAnd it's unreasonable to have never seen this if you're older?? I don't know about you, but I still discover new things despite being twice the quoted age. http://xkcd.com/1053/ http://xkcd.com/1053/
- alrs 13y agohttps://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=cargo+cult&sortby=create_ts+desc&start=0 https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=cargo+...
- mikeash 13y agoI don't understand your point. Or you don't understand mine. My point is that age is irrelevant. "Newness" may be, but that doesn't imply age.
- sliverstorm 13y agoHis point is something along the lines of, the older you are the more likely that you've heard of it, especially if you have a history of reading HN much.
- mikeash 13y ago"More likely" is a far cry from "there's a lot of 16-year-olds around here" (paraphrased). There's no reason to think that's the cause rather than the alternate theory that there are new people joining HN all the time (as you suggest), or simply that even people who have seen this thing before still upvote it.
- sliverstorm 13y agoAnd you are correct. I do not disagree with you.
- LionRoar 13y agoDespite having a curious mind I still find things I didn't know about. Being 42 I experience this while feeling a combination of frustration and delight. I am working on the silly frustration bit :) BTW I read the book last summer for the first time. Its brilliant and the underlying message even more.
- VLM 13y ago"BTW I read the book last summer for the first time." In the proud tradition of founders generally solving problems that mostly affect themselves rather than the rest of the population, I propose the startup idea of a hackers bookshelf startup. Not the first time its been tried, its a hard problem which means its a good startup topic.
- enraged_camel 13y agoI've been here for a couple of years and this is the first time I noticed it.
- AlisdairO 13y agoI've been reading HN regularly for the last few years and never seen this. I wouldn't be surprised if I've read popular things you haven't too, unless you're on here every second of every day.