It's this. He doesn't care about the details, he just wants the trivia. He's not interested in understanding anything, he just wants the power point version of reality. Cliff's notes for reading assignments in school.

it's interesting that Yud doesn't realize that Cyc is basically what he thought Lenat should have done with Eurisko

~100 snake oil salesmen agree that this here elixir will cure all your ills!

“a journalist goes through your public statements looking for the most damning or hypocritical things you’ve ever said out of context” is an incredibly tricky situation to come out of looking good

only if, you know, your public statements contain lots of damning things

Damn, HP doesn't mess around. I'm going to stop trashing them around the office.

hi, another lurker from reddit here. maybe i'll try posting this time around