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I think the point is you can probably ignore everyone who isn't giving a Nobel acceptance speech.

That’s why I personally only listen to the opinions of people with handles like "Planck54", "The1965PhysicsNobel" or "EconNobel94" on hackernews.

Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

N.B. I also tried to find some noteworthy Fields medal winner, but refrained since it appears I don’t know any of them, and that the committee’s choices and motivations have been subject to controversy [0].

[0]: https://www.science.org/content/article/fields-medal-was-nev...

Sure, but every now and then people get into an argument with a Putnam prize winner or the inventor of some Internet Protocol details and find themselves caught out...

I would bet picodollars that rarely happens here…

It happens more often than you think. For example it has happened a bunch of times that people have argued against PostgreSQL core developers about the internals of PostgreSQL.

I know most of their usernames so it is always a great laugh for me.

I think you missed the GPs subtle point.

Hehe. Nice one.

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