Re:Cargo Cult Science by Richard P. Feynman (1974) [pdf]
by hellothere1337 on Sunday August 13, 2023 @10:25AM
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Nah I'm pretty stupid and follow the herd, its the reason for my success too!
Re:Cargo Cult Science by Richard P. Feynman (1974) [pdf]
by bagacrap on Sunday August 13, 2023 @11:42AM
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How could you even tell if you've personally invented something? You don't know what caused a thought to pop into your head. Heck I often forget things I've said, so I clearly forget things I've heard. I could be fully convinced an idea was my own and still be dead wrong.
Luckily you can build on the ideas of others without being a cargo cultist. Simply verify the sturdiness of the foundation before you go adding an extra wing to the house.
I think we're all winging it almost every moment of our lives. Like, relative to domain experts, I'm bad at almost everything I do. (Cooking, driving, talking, writing, planning, etc). I'm only really good at maybe 2 or 3 things. And I think we're all like this. And thats fundamentally ok.
Imagine dividing all of your thoughts between things you've personally invented and things you've heard from others. What do you think the ratio looks like? I think its probably at least 95% other people's thoughts. Maybe 99%. Maybe more.