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Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:00:57 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Maggie Cambron writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> >
> > I'd be curious as to the general perception of the readership
> > about .debate--I know a lot of people deliberately stay out of
> > it, some like me sort of dip through it voyeuristically, and then
> > there are a handful who really really enjoy the sparring.
>
> Well, I can tell you my perception has changed since I accidently fell into a
> debate recently. You know those people who have an inner smugness from the
> knowledge that in any given gathering of people they are generally smarter than
> just about everyone else? (Sure you do!) When you assemble them all together
> guess what you have-- participants in .debate! (And we know the people here
> whose smugness manifests itself outwardly. ;-) ) It can be a jarring
> experience to find yourself in a group in which you are intellectually only
> average, if that. But then, we are the people who need that kind of
Hmm. I suppose it depends on what you mean by average. I assume you are just
rating myself, and others, against your own above average intellect?
Perception of intellect is an area which always exasperates me. I find that
people mix these things up:
1. Confidence (a sales person will use this to sell you a washing machine).
2. Inelegance
3. Education
To be truly above average, one must have a combination all three. The
problem in perceiving intellect is that it is easy to assume that a person
is smart just because they have one of these attributes in abundance.
As for the cyclic debates, they are mostly a waste of time. Anyone who wants
to debate God etc at anything more than a conversational level would be
better to find a specific news group.
Scott A
> experience
> the most.
> >
> > When you get this many intellectually gifted souls in one place,
> > from all over the world, all different ages, sexes, colours,
> > creeds, religions--you're going to have fresh encounters. Even
> > when nobody's mind is changed, at least someone reading probably
> > learns *something* they didn't know before, and that's an incre-
> > mential victory, isn't it?
>
> Yes!
>
> > In short, I feel like it ain't broke, so I don't really think it
> > needs a-fixin'.
>
> Agreed.
>
> What I still can't understand though, is how a group of such smart people can
> have so much trouble with a word like verdigris!
>
> Maggie C. (who finds the actual sparring torture, but who remains a loyal
> voyeuse)
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