komponisto comments on Open Thread: January 2010 - Less Wrong
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Yes -- at least in the sense that I have found familiarity with (and sympathy toward) this practice to be an effective shibboleth for distinguishing the mathematically sophisticated.
(It's kind of like how it's a warning sign when someone doesn't think the word "dictionary" should be in the dictionary.)
Like Karl Pilkington?
Thank you. Sorry for the stupid question, then; do downvote the grandparent.