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07-03-2008, 10:49 PM | #31 |
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I'll pose the minor philosophical question: Should he, and to what effect?
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Yes he should. He can make good on all of his critical, self actualized thinking.
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So...you are an accomplished thinker, and we are all mere neophytes are we? May I ask, with the greatest of respect that you go fuck yourself sideways with a broken oar? |
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07-04-2008, 07:16 AM | #36 |
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On reflection, perhaps that last comment was a tad harsh. I find my hackles raise whenever someone claims to have superior knowledge and/or faculties to the rest of the community based on a fleeting glimpse of who we are and their own evangelism.
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coberst, that was a good start. Lot's of people have said "yes". How do I know you weren't just quoting one of them?
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For instance, I make DanaC quite mad at me when I draw from something I've studied and she hasn't. I wouldn't say I'm gentle about it, but still, a wide-reaching grasp of knowledge is a good thing.
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Hey, it's the naked truth. Philosophy's a good place in which to undress it.
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You are working with a limited data set, on which you have performed limited experimentation; yet you are stating a definitive conclusion. The only arena where your assumption about the cognitive processes of EVERYONE carries any weight, is inside your own mind. If, as you say, EVERYONE is a *** thinker, then one might conclude that is a hard-wired trait in the human mind. This is if you have used "everyone" in its literal meaning of 100% of all people. However, to go out on a very short, very sturdy limb, I might surmise that your intended meaning was "everyone [except I, coberst]." In which case the plausibility of your statement sinks to new, uncharted depths.
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