I always have to remind myself is that when a stranger says something nonsensical at a conference or meetup, they’re probably just trying to forge a social relationship and most of their brain cores are burning cycles on that. And I say lots of stupid things for the same reason.
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Replying to @generativist
I have been in that situation (the person who says nonsensical things)
Specially when you meet your academic heroes.
First things that it comes to my mind is “ask something clever” and what gets out of my mouth is exactly the opposite of clever...1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
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