Sign of tech illiteracy: hollywood "nerd" characters who can apparently do everything from crack passwords to sequence DNA to reprogram AIs
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They don't get (for eg) that gap btwn mastery of aircraft stability and jet engine thermodynamics is wider than btwn poetry and anthropology
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@vgr I bet you find a lot more anthropologist poets than you do aircraft designers who can do the thermodynamics to design their engines!
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absolutely
@PeterKretzman.@vgr, ask a techie to build a toaster from first principles or even 'a bag of crisps'. - 1 more reply
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@vgr also, making it more obscure than it actually is:pic.twitter.com/KCxSckykhZ
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