Sunday, September 18, 2011

You are not so smart

I feel like I must be repeating that line to myself every day, it's not surprising, I'm surrounded by people who are, it's humbling. It's rare for something to get me to remember the variant, I'm not too dumb either. A friend, who by all accounts is brilliant at math was trying to do a proof, I was slacking off in his office, not working. We sat trying to see how we could prove it. I managed the proof. It was deceptively simple, obviously I wouldn't have even gotten the idea without his help. Just knowing that I could prove it was a good feeling though. It's been a while since I've felt good like this. That was mostly it. For anyone who is interested You are not so smart, is also a website http://youarenotsosmart.com/ the main aim of which is to make people aware of misconceptions and fallacies. It's a good way to procrastinate.