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Tuesday, March 15, 2005

The Dunno Factor

From Paul Graham's latest essay, How to Start a Startup:

When nerds are unbearable it's usually because they're trying too hard to seem smart. But the smarter they are, the less pressure they feel to act smart. So as a rule you can recognize genuinely smart people by their ability to say things like "I don't know," "Maybe you're right," and "I don't understand x well enough."

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