> 3. It's futile to fight a war of words over who is right or wrong - let's instead use the economic success as a proxy for truth. With few exceptions, you're definitionally going to be less economically successful than PG. Do you think he would have pulled it off if the brave startup founder thesis was fundamentally wrong?
This is so...weird.
All this says is his model draws no conclusions which (1) he acts on and (2) make it impossible for him to generate sufficient economic returns.
What does his model have to say about becoming an expert chess player? A world-class author? An amazing athlete? A successful therapist? If there are people who are successful along those dimensions whose models contradict pg's, then what?
This is so...weird.
All this says is his model draws no conclusions which (1) he acts on and (2) make it impossible for him to generate sufficient economic returns.
What does his model have to say about becoming an expert chess player? A world-class author? An amazing athlete? A successful therapist? If there are people who are successful along those dimensions whose models contradict pg's, then what?
Your statement is almost a tautology.