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From: Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no>
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Subject: Re: Brilliance
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:36:11 +0100
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Anton Ertl wrote:
> Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no> writes:
>> To me brilliant is something that still isn't obvious after larning
>> about it.
> 
> Why do you think it's less brilliant to recognize something obvious
> that everybody else has overlooked?

I did not convey my intended meaning here, what I meant is that there 
are levels of brilliance, even when being the first to recognize something.

Yeah, I have absolutely no issue with ideas that are only obvious in 
hindsight, they deserve praise. My real problem are those things that 
are new, but only because of the environment, as in the idea would be 
obvious to anyone "versed in the field".

I.e US vs Norwegian (European?) patent law.

Terje

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- <Terje.Mathisen at tmsw.no>
"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"