To say this friend of mine is brilliant is an understatement. But alas the English language doesn't let me make superlatives out of almost any word like some others do... so that will have to suffice.
I had known since before I met him that he was smart -- but there is a difference between knowing something and really knowing something. The other day I had included him on an email about a game idea I had been batting around for a while (something like a cross between CSI & Mastermind). His response contained three questions... and they absolutely blew me away. Who thinks this way? Maybe it's just me, but just being able to conceive and ask these questions is a mark of genius in my book.
...This [game] idea is closely related to a couple of things I've been noodling around with lately:
1. How can we identify "signatures" of phenomena we don't yet recognize as important?
2. How can we optimize (in time and cost) forensic interrogation procedures for "mixed" phenomena?
3. How can we model interrogations of poorly understood phenomena?
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Wow. It feels like I'm only "noodling" around much more mundane things these days. Perhaps now that the ADHD meds are clear of my system the lofty intellectual noodling will start back up.
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