It’s crazy how people often confuse unnecessary complexity with being smart. One of my filters when interviewing engineering candidates is to see whether their line of thinking is simple, clear & logical. Tendency towards complexity is a major red flag. Bad hire 100% of the time. https://twitter.com/YangVentures/status/1029986875992358912 …
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So until our brain is augmented with AI to filter BS, this heuristic works pretty well: avoiding complexity like a plague. If the person uses fancy terms & can’t explain things in simple terms, chances are he is full of shit. Walk away.
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As for Vitalik's long-ass thread. Here is my attempt at simplifying it. Good thing is he shows his fundamental flaw in thinking early on (tweets 9-11). The rest is just lipstick on a pig.
https://twitter.com/hugohanoi/status/1029919205859020800 …Show this thread -
P.S.: Apparently this phenomenon is called the "Sokal hoax". h/t
@realLudvigArthttps://twitter.com/realLudvigArt/status/1029998367839944705 …Show this thread -
P.S. #2: I would gladly take someone who might be slow in thinking (nothing wrong with that, although interviewing environment is not suited for slow thinkers) but show clarity & strong logic, over someone who thinks quickly, talks a lot, but has convoluted reasoning. Every day.
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