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by robryan 5449 days ago
I think Terrence on his blog does a decent job as coming across as someone who is really smart but has got to that position in maths by spending a lot of time in some pretty narrow fields. He openly admits, like for example when P/NP stuff come up a bit maybe 6 months back, areas where he isn't an expert.

He could probably easily make his knowledge look even more impressive but is humble about what he does and doesn't know.