Re: Deep Mud

On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:25:17 -0400, Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
wrote:

On 9/13/2024 11:47 AM, cyclintom wrote:

So that makes you 100 times smarter than Liebermann which
says less about you than it does of Liebermann.

I usually harass Tom for comparing himself to others for the purpose
of somehow demonstrating the superiority of his argument of the day.
Now, he's graduated to comparing himself to a 3rd party in order to
demonstrate the superiority of his argument of the day. 

Hey Tom.  For the umpteenth time, claiming that someone is 100 times
smarter or 100 times dumber than you doesn't do anything for boosting
your competence, intelligence or accomplishments.  You need to do that
yourself.

Jeff is one of the more intellectually competent posters here, I'd be
hesitant to put myself on his level. That says way more about you than
it does anyone else.

Thanks.  I'm competent in many areas, but some of them are not
relevant in a typical RBT discussion.  For example, I don't know much
about guns, bicycle design, riding styles, racing, safety,  cycling
infrastructure, music theory, diet, exercise, electronic shifting,
disk brakes, etc.  In other words, my Venn diagram of expertise looks
like much Swiss cheese:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=venn+diagram&udm=2>
Long ago, I made a Venn diagram to display which of my areas of
expertise overlap and which one's have a gap that needs filling.  I
didn't finished it after I realized that all my areas of expertise had
gaps and that the Venn diagram was devoid of anything resembling an
organized structure.  That's the result of studying as many areas of
interest as possible and intentionally avoiding becoming an expert in
one particular area, and by implication, lacking knowledge and
experience in adjacent areas.  For example, it wasn't sufficient that
I knew how to design a marine radio.  I also had to know how it's
made, how to test it, where to find parts, how to deal with regulatory
compliance and export restrictions, how to deal with a variety of
manufacturing processes, QA, how to write user and service manuals,
how to communicate effectively with marine electronics dealers and
customers, how to diagnose problems over the phone, how communicate
using the radios (industry jargon, buzzwords, acronyms, slang, etc)
and whatever else I forgot to include.  In other words, I had to be
able to do everything (at least once).  Somehow, knowing how to climb
the mast of a fishing vessel in order to troubleshoot a mast mounted
Doppler RDF (radio direction finder) antenna was not in my job
description or employment contract.

Time for an evening trudge.  Later...




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