[hef19898]

Why study something if your first principle thinking allows you to write a brilliant blog post about the most utter basics in the field you don't want to study? The former is work and school, the latter, sometimes, gets you on the HN front page.

[user_7832]

Is this a variation of Cunningham's Hypothesis?

[throw0101c]

> Cunningham is credited with the idea: "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."[17]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham#%22Cunningham'...