Columbo
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Why would i want to go viral?
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Why would i want to go viral?
Witty Banter
I see brinkpeople.
To prove the haters wrong.
Columbo
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I don't care about the haters though.
Witty Banter
I see brinkpeople.
Then tackle a full durian at the indoor tennis.
Columbo
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Interesting. What about at a musical?
What are your views on whether it is possible to be a public intellectual @reepbot and @Witty Banter ?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/b...ossible-to-be-a-public-intellectual.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/b...ossible-to-be-a-public-intellectual.html?_r=0
no just on a friend of a friend's facebook page
Mooseface
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No...? I meant public intellectual. (Although I am not Witty or Reepbot and I didn't comment on the article).
Columbo
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I think so. But maybe the problem is that there are too many people who think they are all intellectuals, and you can all find them on the internet?
Columbo
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It can be interesting to read the comments on social media when an image like this is posted
I like to cook steak.
Masterchef here I come.
Columbo
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Tina Arena?
Lol actually that article was posted by the same friend on facebook... and you are more than welcome to comment, I just was asking those who were posting in here at the time.
and then there are those that are supposed to sound intellectual and unfortunately don't (eg some high profile politicians)
Columbo
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Politicians often speak a whole lot of nothing. Just a lot of fresh air?
Have you ever seen Yes Minister?
Some but not all episodes. Met up with a friend yesterday who was wearing a Jim Hacker t-shirt.
Columbo
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I was just thinking when Sir Humphrey goe on those long and difficult sentences so that he can attempt to confuse Jim Hacker.
Witty Banter
I see brinkpeople.
I am biassed against intellectualism. As a programmer, I spent a career doing things not in the intellectual way, but in the money making for shareholders justifies all sins and shortcuts way. I'm probably at the other end of the spectrum of intellectualism. I only really care about small smart things, such as efficient bitcounting. Any public discussion of it other than privately actually improving it is a bit pointless. I consider MIT HAKMEM to be a work of genius, but people interested would more likely be profiling implementations and shooting for the glory of bettering it rather than talking about it. My thoughts about intelligence are heavily affected by Stephen Hawking not being able to help himself medically in the slightest and not having the mechatronic ability to improve his situation. I am really disappointed that someone who purports to understand the universe uses an off the shelf wheelchair. I was also terribly disappointed to read some of Terry Tao's (world's top ten superbrains, maybe) programming. He's a maths genius but his programming is embarrassing and he gets interns to help him.
My view of admirable intellectualism is the history of the fast inverse squareroot, often attributed to Carmack. So many humble people and none of them blowing their own trumpet.
https://www.beyond3d.com/content/articles/8/
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