... comment by a kind comrade, not being arrogant but rather speculating as to why physicists — or those from any other rigorous discipline — might bring exceptional strengths to a new field that is still in many ways getting its act together (in this case, she (SM) was talking about Machine Learning).

(cf Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones, "That's what I do: I drink and I know things." and Oliver Platt's line in Lake Placid, "They conceal information like that in books.", as quoted in Hidden Knowledge; see also Knowing, Choosing, Doing (1999-05-29), ...) - ^z - 2019-05-25