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Personally I find this lecture to be not very good - its full of anecdotal evidence, confirmation bias, and "no true Scotsman" arguments.
by ojbyrne 12y ago
Personally I find this lecture to be not very good - its full of anecdotal evidence, confirmation bias, and "no true Scotsman" arguments.
- charlespwd 12y agoI, too, was a bit disappointed. It felt like a videotaped blog post. But then again, maybe I was expecting magic tricks where there aren't any.
- ojbyrne 12y agoI can think of - mostly books - that gave me an "aha" moment. Off the top of my head I can think of "Four Steps to the Ephiphany" and "Crossing the Chasm."
- charlespwd 12y agoThanks for the tip; they went straight onto my list of books to read.
- jonwachob91 12y agoYea, no 'aha' moment. But then again it was only the first class... So hopefully more to come :)
- cjbarber 12y agoEach to their own. I found it extremely interesting. A nice counter to everyone wanting to start their own thing (definitely a common view point at Stanford) without necessarily thinking it through.