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Yes. Definitely go with epigrams from works of fiction to guide engineering decisions.


You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

- Albert Einstein


"The problem with quotes from the internet is it is hard to verify their authenticity"

- Abraham Lincoln



It does not then follow that when someone refuses to explain something to you like you are their grandmother that they do not really understand what they're talking about.

Also I'm pretty sure that's Diablo Cody's quote, not Einstein's.




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