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by kmfrk 5234 days ago
Don't get caught writing "very unique" at Harvard. Being unique is binary. :)

I don't like words like "smart" - and "stupid" - but I can recognize some of the qualities associated with them. One of the biggest is to know what you don't know, to not be complacent and arrogant. The people I respect the most are humble people, and I think it comes down to this.

I don't know what the definition of "smart" is, but I think you sound like a smart person for knowing that you don't have it all figured out - and want to fill in the gaps, even though it means telling other people.

2 comments

Yeah, it's better to write "remarkable", which is an analog property.
> Being unique is binary

What is the probability of being unique?

You can layer a probability on almost any property, and that has nothing to do with whether it is a yes-or-no proposition.

A coin being heads-up is a binary property, yet it could be associated with a probability.