Re:The Genius in My Basement (2011)
by throwlaplace on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @08:23PM
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my favorite counter-example here is john bardeen[1]; wins 2 nobel prizes in physics (theory and experiment!) and yet by all accounts was warm and friendly and polite[2].
every time there's some kind of comment like this it always strikes me as self-serving or projection. i have always believed and argued that if you're smart enough for the difficult things (arbitrary tough stem thing) then you're smart enough for the simple things (pleasantries).
every time there's some kind of comment like this it always strikes me as self-serving or projection. i have always believed and argued that if you're smart enough for the difficult things (arbitrary tough stem thing) then you're smart enough for the simple things (pleasantries).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bardeen
[2] https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-01-25-030125...