>> Interesting. I had no idea that being an expert in a given subject 
>> involves knowing anything about its history or the people who invented 
>> it...
> 
> An expert is expected to know about his/her field of expertise beyond the 
> mere nuts and bolts so that that person can give informed advice. The 
> history of a trade is part of that, but knowing history is also a proof of 
> intellectual curiosity. Experts who are so narrow-minded that they can't 
> reason beyond the immediate issues don't make good experts, or even good 
> professionals.

History has never been something that really interests me, that's all.

I mean, apparently every positive integer is the product of a unique 
sequence of prime numbers. That's a pretty fascinating fact. I don't 
really care who discovered this or how, but the fact itself is pretty 
fascinating.

Mathematics fascinates me; the people who made these discoveries are 
rather irrelevant. Similarly for computers, physics, and many other 
things...

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