"A bias for action" - if you try something, you can learn. But if you are (rightly and accurately) timid, you're less likely to. One might think that bullshitt

"A bias for action" - if you try something, you can learn. But if you are (rightly and accurately) timid, you're less likely to. One might think that bullshitting only works with people, and that if you act over-confident/over-optimistic with the computer, it won't be impressed - but it is. When I've approached programming problems is an aggressive way, I learn more, see better solutions and perform better. There's still a need to clean up the disasters afterwards, and it does make me feel dumb to make mistakes - but it's a more effective way of learning. For me, timidity is a mistake. Being so timid that I don't try anything until I understand it 100% perfectly is not as effective. But I do like timidity. It's more authentic and accurate. PS: @nostrademons: that confirms something I wondered about you... :-)