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The optimal solution seems to be one cook with many hands.
You're not the first to have that insight :)
[insert octopus joke here]
It actually does seem true if you follow up the metaphor thou; multi-threaded attentions.
sings Someone's in the kitchen with Durga, someone's in the kitchen I know-oh-oh-oh ...
The parallelizability of tasks depends on the task.
Well, Jayson's quote mostly applies to menial labor, whereas yours applies to creative work.
The trick with contradictory proverbs is knowing the domain of applicability of each.
Try it on your deep meta-truth as a self-consistency test
Yes, that's what I was suggesting. I presumed simplicio was pointing out that proverbs are not a good source of rationality advice because they are contradictory and I was trying to use a similar style of quote to continue making that point, but I suppose there is also a less charitable reading.
Consider the following statements:
"It is the hallmark of any shallow truth that its negation is also a shallow truth."
"It is the hallmark of any deep lie that its negation is also a deep lie."
"It is the hallmark of any shallow lie that its negation is also a shallow lie."
"It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is not a deep truth."
I don't believe you. I can't see any plausible useful definition of 'shallow <lie/truth>' that makes these claims true.
Dammit, forgot again that most people assume that if you say a statement without context you endorse it/think it's true, not just that it's something interesting to think about and consider for yourself.
True, I would have interpreted your words much differently if you included a quote. I suspect I very much agree with the point you were trying to make!
These are not inconsistent. The former is about the amount of effort required per person, while the later is about the absolute quality of the final product.