* We, for many values of we, underestimate how deep pockets of competence are in a lot of areas where the technology seems like a solved problem. * Talented amateurs can routinely come up with questions worthy of the attention of experts.
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* For the purpose of the above bullet point, tenured professors are sometimes talented amateurs and people who design cat food cans for a living are experts, a fact which both would do well to remember more frequently than they do.
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"Reality has a surprising amount of detail": http://johnsalvatier.org/blog/2017/reality-has-a-surprising-amount-of-detail …
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I am in a new part of the US for me but I noticed this week Buffett’s
@BNSFRailway seems to have more clean new freight cars around than I ever recall seeing together on other tracks before: is this perhaps related to any recent low iron/steel prices and/or new commodities?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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An example of chestertons fence.
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Is that similar to Schrodinger's cat, or Pavlov's Dog, or Occam's Razor, or D's Nuts?
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