Well, define "tool". Dick is (or was) a theoretical astrophysicist, and Bart was a lawyer. But even the simplest little bit of technology would always stump either one of them. For the longest time I considered it to be a studied stupidity. I later came to believe that it was either genuine, or a deep intrinsic mental laziness.
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:22 PM, glen <g...@ropella.name> wrote: > Douglas Roberts wrote at 01/15/2013 03:06 PM: > > I know any number of technophobes and technoklutzes. They are *always* > in > > conflict with technology. Sometimes technology as simple as operating a > > cell phone. I refer to this as the "Bart" trait. I have an uncle named > > Bart. He's the most technologically-conflicted person I know. Unless > it's > > his brother Dick. > > > > Seriously. Dick burned up two lawn mowers before discovering that they > had > > oil. Which needed to be checked, and occasionally topped off. > > > > And calling Bart on his cell phone is a waste of button-pushing because > he > > never remembers that cell phones need recharging. > > So, the question that arises is whether or not Bart or Dick have ever > invented any tools of their own? Or are they always using tools > invented by other people? > > I know lots of people who are entirely incompetent at using other > people's tools, but fantastic at using their own. I also know some > people who refuse to use a tool "properly", but seem to be very > efficient at achieving their objectives. > > -- > glen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts drobe...@rti.org d...@parrot-farm.net* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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