What impossible meant to Richard Feynman

Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman by whimsicalism on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @01:34PM (#29395674)

I don't know - not calling other people's ideas at work "stupid" seems pretty obvious to me, it doesn't take some great amount of mental effort to just call things "bad" or even "not a good idea."

Also, it's possible to have smart people and a failure culture and fail. If people are afraid of posing their ideas because they think they will be shot down as "stupid", that damages your culture.

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Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman by WesolyKubeczek on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:35PM (#29396434)

Calling “bad braindead pile of stupid shit” “not so good” devalues “good”.

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Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman by whimsicalism on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:40PM (#29396487)

Well I'm glad I don't work with you :)

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Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman by WesolyKubeczek on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @08:21AM (#29403379)

A part and parcel of being a professional is being able to successfully work with people you may not personally like, as long as their and your work outputs are not being actively and measurably harmed by said personal traits.

I could probably work with you and not mind you calling my work stupid if you could also back it up. Learn something every day, you know.

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