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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by danaris on Sunday March 19, 2023 @04:46PM (#35223400)
There's a big difference between "this person was a con-man, never actually did any of the things they claimed, and was outright lying in order to present a marketable persona" and "this person is commonly given more credit in the creation of some things than they deserve, but they were closely involved with all those things, and were unquestionably a major figure in their field, regardless of the extra hype that has attached to them (even if they may have encouraged some of that extra hype)".

Steve Jobs was not a con-man. In fact, to the best of my knowledge, he never claimed personal credit for the things you're saying he didn't do; those were things that were attributed to him by others.

Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by thecoppinger on Sunday March 19, 2023 @04:56PM (#35223511)
Well, I think Diego’s point was that he knew how to create and utilise a powerful “reality distortion field” such that, without claiming direct creation over any of the vast classics that Apple created, he gained the status and fame of someone who seemed to have done so.
Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by Retric on Sunday March 19, 2023 @05:04PM (#35223609)
Trying to support someone’s point that’s literally unfounded seems odd in a discussion about “reality distortion fields.”

People also assumed Bill Gates created DOS because they are misinformed, no reality distortion field required.