Taste (was Re: My notes from the chairs training sessions)

Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Sun, 05 December 2021 22:19 UTC

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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 09:19:17 +1100
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
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Subject: Taste (was Re: My notes from the chairs training sessions)
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On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, at 01:22, Carsten Bormann wrote:
> Good protocol designers have *taste*.

I see this invoked occasionally and I am forced to disagree.  Taste or intuition is built through experience and is the result of the imprecise way that we translate what we learn into mental shorthands.  Most of what you describe as being rooted in something intangible can be reduced to an application of principle.  Taste, like intuition, can be wired poorly, so it is our responsibility to translate our objections into arguments that are clear and precise.