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What single quality predicts a good doctor? Curiousity. (scientificamerican.com)
15 points by bravura on March 9, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I think it's also likely that curiosity correlates with being a good hacker:

- Is there a better way to do this: Another language? Another algorithm?

- What's the real cause of this bug?

- Has someone already solved this problem?

- What problems are my co-workers working on?

- What does that unfamiliar bit of syntax do?




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