Counterpoint: knowing nuclear physics helps at least somewhat with nuclear power generation. Same with academic CS and real-life SWEN problem-solving.
“Galaxy-brained” in this context is a little hard to define, but I’d extrinsically define it as “Cold War paranoia giant datacenters complicated plots Death Note Greyball anything HPMOR!Harry comes up with sweaty palms any evil plot that makes you go ‘DAMN that was clever and elegant’”. (I may eventually create a post or website fleshing out this idea cluster in more detail).
Counterpoint: knowing nuclear physics helps at least somewhat with nuclear power generation. Same with academic CS and real-life SWEN problem-solving.
“Galaxy-brained” in this context is a little hard to define, but I’d extrinsically define it as “Cold War paranoia giant datacenters complicated plots Death Note Greyball anything HPMOR!Harry comes up with sweaty palms any evil plot that makes you go ‘DAMN that was clever and elegant’”. (I may eventually create a post or website fleshing out this idea cluster in more detail).