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The two Steves are a great example. Well, Steve W was an electronic engineer with a deep interest and understanding of electronics. But Steve J was the one who took calligraphy classes and realised that computers could benefit from multiple fonts.

Steve J is tall and skinny. Steve W is slightly shorter than average and fat. Linus is pretty much dead average, maybe a little tall and a little heavy. Brendan's the same height as Steve W, and was weight proportionate at the time, though he's put on weight since then.

As usual with these types of articles, the advice in the maxim is asserted free of context.

> On a long enough time line, wisdom is always more valuable than knowledge.

In practice, context is everything. That’s why for every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert.