Yes, it is enormously helpful to have technical skills in mathematics, computing and other fields, but without the ability to analyze, understand and critique concepts, we just have a muddle of sloppy commentary, slippery "facts" and the bad outcomes to which they lead us.
Today and for the foreseeable future we're just in a muddle-along period, where good stock-picking and being conservative will pay off.
It wasn't just a spoiled ballot muddle over the two different PR voting systems at polling stations.
It's an example of just how much of a muddle consumer-Microsoft gets itself into.
This "it's just a rehearsal" conceit muddles the drama.
It's just a matter of muddling through those first few weeks and months.
At the bottom mark, Oracle outwitted and outmaneuvered the Kiwis again, rounding with a 20-second advantage and then building on it during the upwind leg and finally crossing the finish line 1 minute 24 seconds in front, and — just to be clear on a muddle of a day — well within the 40-minute time limit at 27 minutes and 20 seconds.
Perhaps his experience was just as he described it – a muddle of confusion, fear, and poor planning.
"It's just a lot of gossip, and muddled gossip at that, about sleazy bedroom romps and court intrigue, a lot of it spread by known liars," says one British magazine editor dismissively.
Though adding audio-only calls is something Duo users have demanded, changing the nature of Duo from a video-only app to become more broadly just a calling app also further muddles Google's strategy in messaging.
