On 10-6-2009 20:12, Shay wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Lots of people seem to think I'm a really clever guy.

Are they?

> So you're asking if being able to do mathy/techy stuff makes you 
> *really* clever. Maybe. I do know some guys with poor math and language 
> skills who have incredible aptitude for achieving what they want in life.
> 
> I'll agree with you that in a way you are dumb because you don't seem 
> very happy. From what I can tell, you are an extreme extrovert who isn't 
> very effective at getting what he wants from people. A "smart" extrovert 
> would have a good sense of how to please/manipulate/whatever the people 
> around him.
> 
> Organ playing without aptitude and mastery of unpopular programming 
> languages are dead ends - especially socially. A lot of people spend 
> their time on dead-end paths. Are they dumb, or do they just enjoy being 
> there? I'll have to examine that question more closely next time I find 
> myself there.

They might be dead ends in itself. That does not mean they have no 
effect personally or socially. Examples: I had latin in highschool. Do I 
use that? (almost) never. Could I have used that time more productive? 
very likely. Did it help me in my further career? yes How? I haven't got 
the foggiest idea.
Same with reading Dijkstra, guarded commands are even more obscure than 
Haskell. Yet I think I am a better programmer now *and* I am still doing 
that for a living after 20 years.
What choices have made me socially to what I am (a very friendly person 
IRL and perhaps sometimes a little bit annoying on line) is harder to 
express on line, I guess.

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