Comment by lucianbr
> But 10 years later somehow you don’t know quite know what problems are worth working on
How would someone notice this? It's not like they can run multiple 10-year experiments and notice a pattern.
> But 10 years later somehow you don’t know quite know what problems are worth working on
How would someone notice this? It's not like they can run multiple 10-year experiments and notice a pattern.
When someone suggests an idea without evidence there's still a modicum of data in the fact that they believe it. You don't have to, like, suddenly change your mind, but you also don't have to blow it off as unsubstantiated entirely. Probably they believe it, and said it, for a reason. Anyway whether or not you blow it off is entirely an indication of your trust in them, and has nothing to do with whether they presented evidence.
By observing multiple people who have done either thing for 10+ years.
Sure, there might be lots of confounding factors, and it might not be causation at all. That's why the quote is from a speech, not a paper