Strong Opinions Loosely Held Might Be The Worst Idea in Tech Might Be The Worst Idea in Tech
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stop, you're making me blush
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I think it means "pick a hypothesis that's actually worth proving either right or wrong, then use facts / Bayesianism to update" as contrasted with * strong opinions with no fact checking and * being wishy -washy / not having a thesis that can be updated
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i.e. it's better to hypothesize "people are motivated to go to college because it's a social signalling mechanism" than "I dunno, people just do stuff"
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...is my understanding of what the phrase means. I do not endorse it, or really have an opinion on it at all (so...I'm wishy washy on whether it's ok to be wishy washy ?!?!)
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Out of all the propositions in the world, you select this one as the one you have no opinion on?
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He could only be wishy-washy on the subject of wishy-washy-ness. It's the logically consistent position.
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> but Embrace the healing power of "and".
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It means "my opinions easily change when shown to be wrong, but as long as I hold them I embrace all their consequences"
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"take things seriously but not too seriously"
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loud but a pushover
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