I'd be lying if I claimed you did not spark my interest with your episode at my workplace. However, I am in no way upset about it, any more than I'd be upset by one of those YouTube fail videos. I was actually one of the ones who tried to help you. So, let's stick to discussion of my actual points. If I made untrue claims, it's enough to point them out, right?
Reiterating my primary point, in case it has been lost in the back-and-forth: if your approach leads to satisfaction, success, wealth, fame, or any other thing an ordinary person wants, I'd love to see some evidence of it. Does any exist? Failing evidence, I advise a novice to consider your words with a strong degree of skepticism, and to take into account your personal track record. This is healthy, no?
> so watching idiots ... [fail where] I could have done better at 17
You are like a walking, talking paragon of the Dunning-Kreuger effect. If you could do better, do it. I'd be surprised, but surprise is an emotion rationalists welcome. If I see some evidence of your extraordinary claims [1], I'll update.
And, no, backseat CEO-ing does not count as experience. Come on, that much must be obvious.
> not atypical
Hard to say if you're falling to selection bias or me. You are highly atypical among the people I know or have heard of, and your comments certainly stand out as unusual on this site.
> Technology is our territory
It is the territory of people who make things, or who lead makers, as it has always been. People who do neither of those are mere onlookers.
I'd be lying if I claimed you did not spark my interest with your episode at my workplace. However, I am in no way upset about it, any more than I'd be upset by one of those YouTube fail videos. I was actually one of the ones who tried to help you. So, let's stick to discussion of my actual points. If I made untrue claims, it's enough to point them out, right?
Reiterating my primary point, in case it has been lost in the back-and-forth: if your approach leads to satisfaction, success, wealth, fame, or any other thing an ordinary person wants, I'd love to see some evidence of it. Does any exist? Failing evidence, I advise a novice to consider your words with a strong degree of skepticism, and to take into account your personal track record. This is healthy, no?
> so watching idiots ... [fail where] I could have done better at 17
You are like a walking, talking paragon of the Dunning-Kreuger effect. If you could do better, do it. I'd be surprised, but surprise is an emotion rationalists welcome. If I see some evidence of your extraordinary claims [1], I'll update.
And, no, backseat CEO-ing does not count as experience. Come on, that much must be obvious.
> not atypical
Hard to say if you're falling to selection bias or me. You are highly atypical among the people I know or have heard of, and your comments certainly stand out as unusual on this site.
> Technology is our territory
It is the territory of people who make things, or who lead makers, as it has always been. People who do neither of those are mere onlookers.
[1] http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Extraordinary_claims_require_ex...