I just wanna state this gives me a feeling of the blind leading the blind.
I think I agree with this. To illustrate: When I met John (which was an overall pleasant interaction) I really did not think that the hat and sunglasses looked cool, but just assumed this was Berkeley style idiosyncracy. Usually I would not deem it appropriate to comment about this publicly, but since it was used as an example in the post this feels like a relevant enough data point to bring up.
I think I agree with this. To illustrate: When I met John (which was an overall pleasant interaction) I really did not think that the hat and sunglasses looked cool, but just assumed this was Berkeley style idiosyncracy. Usually I would not deem it appropriate to comment about this publicly, but since it was used as an example in the post this feels like a relevant enough data point to bring up.