Gregory's ServerSmart people will tell you to find an Expert; dumb people will always have an answer.
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  @RickiTarr was it Bertrand Russell who said that the fool is certain and the intelligent are full of doubts? I'm going to assume that, by extension, I'm intelligent because I am so very full of doubt  @kimlockhartga @RickiTarr attributed to many sources but Charles Bukowski definitely said “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” I remember my dad getting angry as fuck over a furniture he could not assemble. Sounds about right. Be the expert or ask for one.  @RickiTarr@beige.party  @RickiTarr This made me think of something I've read a few times recently: if you're describing someone as 'the smartest guy in the room', that just means you need a better room. @MariaLiv @RickiTarr   @RickiTarr I always remember Gary Oldman saying "you'll never hear anyone in a pub say 'I don't know'" @RickiTarr There are two doors and two guards. One will always have an answer, the other one will tell you to ask an expert. You may ask one question. Kill the first guard, and then ask the second guard if the guy I just killed was the expert.  @RickiTarr my wife is an attorney, and I know what answer she will give you if you ask her a legal question. "It depends."  @Bette @RickiTarr and conversely, questions with no answers at all. A nice soothing mix is pleasant.  @som_snytt @Bette @RickiTarr A slightly greater than 1 (but well defined) question to answer ratio is optimal.  I sometimes like to remember an old tweet from Swift On Security that had a diagram with an exploded view of all the gearing inside of a transmission case. The tweet said something like: "The problem is simple," said the idiot @RickiTarr   @RickiTarr Smart people know where to look or who to ask if they don't have the answer themselves & if all that fails they'll admit their ignorance Dumb people never admit they don't know @RickiTarr Morons, dunces, and the gop will never say "I don''t know". They always have a subversive plan like project 2025. @RickiTarr @RickiTarr I always have an answer and I always admit that most of the time I’m making that answer up 😁 @RickiTarr I am very smart, and I *always* have an answer. Usually, it's "Idunno." Sometimes, it's "Beatsafuckouttame."  @RickiTarr I'm suspicious of anyone claiming to be an expert, they always seem to be in the latter category. @RickiTarr and a truly passionate nerd will get super excited they don’t know and force you to research it with them endlessly until you figure it out (or collapse) because they assume you’ll be as fascinated as they are by the hunt of discovery and all you wanted was just a stupid answer. |
@RickiTarr Whenever I ask a difficult technical question to someone, and they say “I don’t know”
I immediately trust them a bit more