/sci/ - Science & Math

>>16240563
I play piano. When I listen to too much music I get delusional about my ability to play. I am good at reading sheet music and discussing music theory. Whenever I play a piece I am SO SLOW SO MESSY SO BAD until I get a complete mental image of the piece after MANY parsings. My cousin who has been playing more can sightread like a machine and improvise like a one man studio. Once I listen to his music I delude myself into thinking I am him. The weirdest part is when such a delusion works and you skip the skill development to play a song that sounds advanced but is actually simple. Our culture lets you play pretend with high falutin' fakery for 15 minutes of sophistication.
Pic rel is that kind of "smart by association" guru dilettante. Being a mouthpiece is far different from being the expert. Our phones surround us with the cozy claims of the mouthpiece and distance us from the grueling practice and regimen of the expert.

How do I become like him?

>MIT professor
>BJJ black belt
>prolific science educator
>famous public speaker
>entrepreneur

How does he do all of that? What's his secret?

>irregardless
Now that the dust has settled, was the /sci/ wordcel 'lol grammar' heuristic vindicated in identifying him as a pseud before his book list and cringey tweets dropped?

Is he as smart as he says he is?

How is a guy as smart and successful as him still a virgin?