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Lindsey Kuper
Lindsey Kuper
@lindsey@recurse.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

@johncarlosbaez @mavnn "Clearly stated opinions, weakly held" makes more sense to me than "Strong opinions, weakly held". But I suppose it's not as catchy.

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John Carlos Baez
John Carlos Baez
@johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@lindsey @mavnn - anyone who says "strong opinions" when they mean "clearly stated opinions" does not know how to be clear. Anyone who thinks you need strong opinions to be clear is someone I want far away from me.

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Michael Newton
Michael Newton
@mavnn replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@lindsey@recurse.social ​I'm with @johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz here - ten years ago when I first heard it, it seemed catchy and came with good enough advice I liked it. The more I've thought about it since, the more I've decided it is actually quite harmful in it's imprecision. A strong like, weakly held, I suppose...

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