Here's how it is, and this goes back to Socrates

[xoxoxoBruce]

Bah, I know everything... just can't remember any of it.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

Great thoughts on critical thinking Jinx.
There is no better gift to give our children than the tool of critical thought.

I'll take a critical thinker any day over a sophist.
( philosopher/politician)

The statements but me at a conundrum.

If I chose think I am smart then I am not wise.

If I say I know nothing then it is false humility in order to seem wise.

Critical thinking is beyond a persons ability to use language in order to manipulate.

...as I type my mind keeps wanting to put political flavors on it.
There are no greater sophists than our political leaders.

bravo. insightful.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Wise people tell us where they made terrible errors and mistakes, and how much they don't know.

See, I think the truly wise go further than that. They realize that knowledge is not a competition but a team effort and use their fuck-ups and what they learned from them to help others learn. But what do I know?

[jinx]

No wai! Thx, I emailed the kids the links...

[xoxoxoBruce]

Uh, the second link is a little... uh, salty.

As my great uncle Ralph, who lost half his tongue in 'Nam, used to say, "Hrm rmrng rmhrm mrhng!", which translates to "I don't need the front half of my tongue to taste your aunt Gladys's sweet ass!"

[piercehawkeye45]

Intelligence means nothing if it isn't disciplined. I don't necessarily agree with Socrates about the "know nothing" part, unless he was trying to make a exaggerated point, because that is too close to the "no absolute truth" argument, which just annoys the hell out of me. But I agree that the most disciplined intelligence comes from lowering one's pride and understanding that you will be wrong most of the time because not only are unbiased opinions on most issues impossible to obtain but many, if not all, are subjective or dynamic in nature.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Bruce, you have no room to laugh. Even if you voted Republican in November, where that puts you is level with me. Not a bad thing, but hardly a matter for snickering.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You were skewered, nailed to the fucking wall, and you admired the sentence structure. Dumb shit.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

More correctly, I do not care if he's trying to skewer. UT has always been able to write, and he tries to think. I do not let silliness from UT bother me -- I ignore unworthy sarcasm, and always will. He may have a philosophy of life. I think mine may be better. This means he can't stop me from being serene -- or (U)rbane. Same goes for you. Clear?

[xoxoxoBruce]

That's what I said, you didn't get it.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Post #29? That said nothing; it was all semiotic.

To abandon triviality momentarily, some latterday Pinocchios might have to struggle to distinguish

The suicide bomber burst into the room from The suicide bomber burst in the room.

[xoxoxoBruce]

That's what I said, you didn't get it.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

I am telling you something you don't want to hear: if one is wise enough to attach little to no importance to something, there is then nothing one needs to "get." Triviality it was, triviality it remains; triviality lengthens with your replies.

UT was sarcastic? So, he's sarcastic. Nonetheless, he is thinking the right thought. I can accept that.

You cannot manage to turn me to your particular brand of unwisdom, Bruce, but you might do very well indeed if you abandoned it yourself. After all, it's not like you couldn't hew to the good and the wise. You've got the brains. You have at least some of the values. How about the rest?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Pip pip, stiff upper lip, don't let the troops know you've been shot.

[DanaC]

Bugger off Bruce, he ain't one of ours :P You're damn well keeping him.