Instead of elaborating on the above, I’ll say this: Eliezer, you really need to get your ego below your IQ.
In my opinion, that is a matter of taste. I personally like arrogance in very intelligent and creative people. It invites harsher criticism of their ideas by those around them, among other benefits.
One of my favorite classes ever the Prof. began the term by telling us none of the textbooks were good enough so he would just be teaching the class. He went on to say “I guess you could say, ‘moi, je suis le livre.’ ” This was arrogant on so many levels!
It was a joy to come to class every day after that and see if his performance would live up to his arrogance. And when it did, it was a joy to be in such a great class.
The class was Thermodyanamics and Statistical Mechanics at Graduate level. Essentially figure out the 3 laws of entropy starting with the equations of motion of individual particles, including the quantum effects. Yes, we worked out the thermodynamics of an electron gas, which is different than the thermodynamics of Helium nuclei because electrons are fermions and Helium nuclei are bosons.
I have aspired to be “le livre” on things ever since. I’ve met the goal on some small areas of knowledge.
Yes, EY’s public fascination with BDSM is a … wierd thing. But maybe we all have something to learn from that, and maybe it is something that can never be learned from someone who isn’t arrogant.
In my opinion, that is a matter of taste. I personally like arrogance in very intelligent and creative people. It invites harsher criticism of their ideas by those around them, among other benefits.
One of my favorite classes ever the Prof. began the term by telling us none of the textbooks were good enough so he would just be teaching the class. He went on to say “I guess you could say, ‘moi, je suis le livre.’ ” This was arrogant on so many levels!
It was a joy to come to class every day after that and see if his performance would live up to his arrogance. And when it did, it was a joy to be in such a great class.
The class was Thermodyanamics and Statistical Mechanics at Graduate level. Essentially figure out the 3 laws of entropy starting with the equations of motion of individual particles, including the quantum effects. Yes, we worked out the thermodynamics of an electron gas, which is different than the thermodynamics of Helium nuclei because electrons are fermions and Helium nuclei are bosons.
I have aspired to be “le livre” on things ever since. I’ve met the goal on some small areas of knowledge.
Yes, EY’s public fascination with BDSM is a … wierd thing. But maybe we all have something to learn from that, and maybe it is something that can never be learned from someone who isn’t arrogant.