No, really.. It is wise to never publically tell someone they are wrong, unless you're defending someone. You should wait until his friends and colleagues have left his side, then whisper your opinion into his ear. In the Internet world, that means sending him an email. To not do so is bad karma in every sense of the word.. My post above was modded down because I publically pointed out that he was wrong to point out Paul's percieved flaws in public; maybe I should have sent him an email instead. This wisdom is proven true over and over. My #lisp fiasco convinced me of that (long story).
You're wrong to tell people they're wrong to publicly tell people they're wrong.
Most mature and intelligent people love it when someone is able to offer useful critiques of their work, as long as they're civil about it. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method
I don't see in there where you should prefix everything with "What an oversimplification! You're wrong, wrong, wrong!"
Seriously, would you want this guy making a few million? Not only would he be a douche, but he'd be a rich douche. Imagine how he'd treat his waitresses and waiters then. Or his local cops. Or anyone not as smart as he is, which is, apparently, EVERYONE. I'd even call him a detriment to our society, because the child just seems to act like a Paris Hilton with brains. Smart people can be civil, and it's just silly to watch everyone go "Cperciva you're so awesome! You should do X with your life!" and him go "Oh ho ho, didn't you think I already considered that? I turned down a headhunter yesterday, in fact. Now go make me a sandwich."
The dude's a genius, but he could learn a little humility. But he's obviously not going to learn until some event wakes him up to it, so I'm done caring that maybe one more nice person could exist in the world.
No, really.. It is wise to never publically tell someone they are wrong, unless you're defending someone. You should wait until his friends and colleagues have left his side, then whisper your opinion into his ear. In the Internet world, that means sending him an email. To not do so is bad karma in every sense of the word.. My post above was modded down because I publically pointed out that he was wrong to point out Paul's percieved flaws in public; maybe I should have sent him an email instead. This wisdom is proven true over and over. My #lisp fiasco convinced me of that (long story).
You're wrong to tell people they're wrong to publicly tell people they're wrong.
Most mature and intelligent people love it when someone is able to offer useful critiques of their work, as long as they're civil about it. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method
I don't see in there where you should prefix everything with "What an oversimplification! You're wrong, wrong, wrong!"
Seriously, would you want this guy making a few million? Not only would he be a douche, but he'd be a rich douche. Imagine how he'd treat his waitresses and waiters then. Or his local cops. Or anyone not as smart as he is, which is, apparently, EVERYONE. I'd even call him a detriment to our society, because the child just seems to act like a Paris Hilton with brains. Smart people can be civil, and it's just silly to watch everyone go "Cperciva you're so awesome! You should do X with your life!" and him go "Oh ho ho, didn't you think I already considered that? I turned down a headhunter yesterday, in fact. Now go make me a sandwich."
The dude's a genius, but he could learn a little humility. But he's obviously not going to learn until some event wakes him up to it, so I'm done caring that maybe one more nice person could exist in the world.
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