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The Gordian Troll | |
February 25th, 2018 | |
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A quick observation: | |
More sophisticated, technical, complex, or nuanced topics will | |
face proportionally increased conflict and criticism. | |
Hop on YouTube and click on a concert pianist playing a masterful | |
rendition of one of the most technically difficult works of music | |
and the comment thread will read with the same vitriolic pedantry | |
you'll find discussing quantum vulnerabilities in cryptographic | |
systems. Discuss the specific statistical merits and deficiencies | |
in a local sports team and the same trolls will rear their heads. | |
Shockingly, you may even be one of them without realizing it, if | |
the topic of specialization falls into your wheelhouse. I'm | |
susceptible as well. | |
In comparison, think onto topics without complexity and watch the | |
bar for success rise. An unattractive woman passably sings a well | |
known Broadway number in a contest and the crowd goes wild. The | |
pop stardom of virtually everyone. | |
I call it the Gordian Troll effect. | |
Am I experiencing a bias which has blinded me to reality, or does | |
any of this sound familiar to you? | |