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An "inexperienced practitioner of cryptography" should not be writing a book about cryptography. It's great that such a person is learning, but you shouldn't be
by dsymonds 13y ago
An "inexperienced practitioner of cryptography" should not be writing a book about cryptography. It's great that such a person is learning, but you shouldn't be trying to pass on such information at that stage.
(I don't know the author either)
- chipaca 13y agoRemember that being wrong about something feels exactly the same as being right about something, so (extending "being wrong" to "being ignorant") unless somebody tells them they won't know they still have stuff to learn.
- logicallee 13y ago>Remember that being wrong about something feels exactly the same as being right about something Not if you extend being wrong to being ignorant, no. When you're right about something in the sense of not being ignorant, you understand all the discussions and news easily, you know exactly what everyone is talking about, including reading academic articles on the subject, etc. When you're wrong about something your wrongness butts up against the correct model again and a gain and you're often left confused or unable to understand the actions, discussions, arguments, and conclusions, of others. (As opposed to seeing specific places they are wrong.) You can feel this lack of understanding. It just doesn't feel the same way as properly understanding a subject at all. I would argue that this review is saying that the author's understanding falls a little short of par for the course. The author would probably have had a chance to see this for themselves by getting a little more into the literature.
- goblin89 13y agoDon't forget about Dunning–Kruger effect, though. One doesn't necessarily know they're ignorant.
- Spooky23 13y agoAn experienced publisher shouldn't be printing said book either.