• schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    What is the social punishment for repeatedly and consistently finding flaws in the work of others? maybe this isn’t about cognition so much as fitting in.

    Or more systemically: programmers who point out flaws are weeded out of the employment pool.

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      We’re seen as the problem, who only dredge up trash, without recognition of the cleanup in our wake.

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        12 hours ago

        Don’t feel bad, this seems to happen in every field.

        I really did enjoy watching Oppenheimer because, though surely politics played a role in promotion, knowing your shit was an absolute qualification for working on the Manhattan Project.