logoalt Hacker News

JohnMakintoday at 4:16 PM1 replyview on HN

Not sure how good of an example good will hunting is or if the author has seen that film - at least half of the movie and basically every supporting character is constantly telling him he can do better. It's one of the central themes!


Replies

cestithtoday at 9:46 PM

There are also only certain ways each character can tell him those things without him shooting them down and shutting them out. Chuckie is a lot more free to talk to him about where he’s coming from and a lot more free to be blunt than his new math mentor. If we over-apply logic to human relationships and human experience without consideration for the depth and breadth of those in people’s lives, then we’re not actually being that logical in the end.