> On Oct 6, 7:21 am, Peter Olcott <OCR4Screen> wrote:
>> On 10/6/2012 8:36 AM, casey wrote:> On Oct 6, 6:02 am, Peter Olcott <OCR4Screen> wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>> I would say it like this, some things that are considered by others to
>>>> be personality disorders because they have some dysfunctional effects
>>>> also have beneficial effects. To this extent that these things have
>>>> beneficial effects they are not disorders.
>>>> For example commission sales people are required to have huge egos
>>>> because the degree of rejection that they face would crush the spirit of
>>>> anyone else.
>>> Sure but the bottom line is do they make the sales or do they just
>>> talk about the big sales they are going to make?
>> In any case over-sized egos are a mandatory to survival in this field.
>> If they only have big egos and make no sales, then they make no commission.
> Same is true for anyone without a track record (no sales) claiming
> they are going to invent a super AI once they figure out the correct
> nodes
> and their connections.

> Over sized egos are a dime a dozen. That you may need one to succeed
> is really not the issue. The issue is what else apart from a over
> sized ego
> do you have going for you?

> Those who make great discoveries don't do it from ignorance using
> nothing
> but an over sized ego, they know a lot about their subject.