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On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 8:54 AM, glen <g...@ropella.name> wrote: > On 02/24/2014 06:08 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote: > > Knowing the limits of one's own knowledge is an admirable trait, i.e. > the more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know. What > really gripes me are people who seem to get some kind of perverse pleasure > in their own ignorance. "Oh, that's way too complex for me to understand" > is not that uncommon an attitude when it comes to science and tech. > > I agree. That's one of the most annoying expressions. It seems to come > in 2 stripes: 1) those who actually believe it, which may indicate an > inferiority complex and 2) those practicing the humility topos, > passively aggressively asserting that those who take the time to > learn/understand that subject are geeks or wasting their time or > somesuch. I don't know which is more annoying (1) or (2). > > -- > =><= glen e. p. ropella > I turned on my tv and somebody blew up > > > ============================================================ > 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 >
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