I get frustrated with the *inverse* sometimes! I work with some fairly smart people, but from various disciplines. Now, I'm a pretty bright kid too, but as we all know, especially in venues like this, there is a very wide continuum of 'brightness'.

Sometimes I'll try to describe how intelligent someone is (see Re: Coming Down From The Pedestal for an example of scary-smart), and how humbled I am at how many *really* bright people there are. I mangle data for a living, and that's fine. But some of you guys are involved in designing the languages themselves! No one seems to appreciate that there is an order of magnitude between the two, and it actually frustrates me sometimes to get the false recognition of being one of the really bright ones. I find myself saying "No, no, no. You don't understand. I'm really not as smart as you seem to think I am."

So for many of you Monks, (I have many specific names in mind), thank you for sharing your knowledge and lifting me up. It's an honor and a privilege to be in your midst.

In reply to Re: Coming Down From The Pedestal by pboin
in thread Coming Down From The Pedestal by Limbic~Region

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