gnudon

That is a great signature line. "Please, try a bit harder to really internalize that you don't have perfect comprehension of this extremely complex situation. And recognize that it is impossible to know what the future holds."

Yeah, I know I've engendered some unjust vitriol with SO questions (got referred to Hackers - same thing), where the question was non-nonchalantly labeled as polling - and I knew it wasn't because I'd spent hours going through Google Scholar and the ACM databases. But my elaboration only angered someone with a 10K ref who could downvote me all day long.

The posted URL adds a greater than sign breaking the link.

Agreed. Cyc is far from low profile. It was in Omni magazine back in the day - and it's a common example of (problematic) GOFAI approaches.

It's very dangerous to assume too much about genetic pre-dispositions - most commonly they are just assumptions & they're dangerous.

Agreed. In part 'we' (US) have a cultural mythos that intelligence (or nerdy smartness) and social skills are antithetical to one another. There's also a frequent assumption that social skills are innate. Sure, some people master social skills more quickly. But nerds and nerd-caregivers need to understand that social skills serve a purpose and can and should be trained. I think of it in game theory terms / cost-benefit analysis - advantages vs. disadvantages of having (no/limited) social skills. [The same stereotypes and problems with implicit bias and nerds are also commonly true with regards to physical fitness.]

I appreciate the 'classic' look. One issue... You talk about yourself in the third person.