On: The impotence of being clever

[cainxinth]

I’m reminded of a line from comedian John Mulaney: “Just because you’re accurate doesn’t mean you’re interesting.”

[BLKNSLVR → cainxinth]

They're almost inversely related in practise, because accuracy requires understanding of the subtleties, so if you have to explain the accuracy then the audience already doesn't understand the subtleties, and if they don't understand the subtleties it's usually because they don't find them interesting.

The above is also an example.