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52 Post author: cousin_it 03 August 2012 05:52PM

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Comment author: gwern 05 August 2012 03:55:06PM 5 points [-]

What you need for success is the instinct to recognize when you should obey the powers-that-be with your heart and your mind, and when to ignore, defy, or subvert them.

One of my favorite quotes from Hamming's 'You and Your Research' was on just this topic (C-f the sections around 'Another personality defect is ego assertion').