I like the catchy tripartite classification. In my experience, 90% of people are mundane, and 90% of those who claim to be sharp are “crazy” (or, in the case of “we should build our own engine”, lazy). It’s easy to tell the difference between sharp and crazy is that the sharp ones have spent time learning and sometimes mastering the potential third party addition. This is also how you know in a scientific paper whether the author is credible: they do an honest and thorough literature review before adding their own critique.
I like the catchy tripartite classification. In my experience, 90% of people are mundane, and 90% of those who claim to be sharp are “crazy” (or, in the case of “we should build our own engine”, lazy). It’s easy to tell the difference between sharp and crazy is that the sharp ones have spent time learning and sometimes mastering the potential third party addition. This is also how you know in a scientific paper whether the author is credible: they do an honest and thorough literature review before adding their own critique.