"This is a fair thing for more perfectionistic r..."

https://arbital.com/p/89s

by Ryan Carey Apr 25 2017


This is a fair thing for more perfectionistic researchers to ask from pragmatists.

One thing that pragmatists can fairly ask of perfectionists is "flag the obvious, imperfect solution". Often, if you don't point out that some hacks are unsatisfactory, people will think you haven't noticed them at all, or will try to build new solutions from them, and besides, you could also be mistaken about their satisfactoriness.