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2026-03-17 12:05 UTC
@ericsfraga @blainsmith I immediately thought of Protesilaos Stavrou as a current example of a philosopher-geek in Emacs, and of the way we have so many writers and teachers and monks and mountain guides and other people of non-CS backgrounds. :)
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@ericsfraga@fediscience.org 2026-03-17 12:09
@sacha @blainsmith Good example indeed. I'm retired now but all during my research and teaching career, I found that the best programmers were those that had a broader background than just programming and also mathematicians (as maths is really philosophy 😉).