On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 06:22:37PM -0600, Bryan Bishop wrote: > On Monday 12 November 2007 17:31, Linas Vepstas wrote: > > If and when you find a human who is capable of having conversations > > about horses with small farmers, rodeo riders, vets, children > > and biomechanicians, I'll bet that they won't have a clue about > > galaxy formation or enzyme reactions. Don't set the bar above > > human capabilites. > > Are these things supposed to be rare discussion topics? I think this > just serves to illustrate the wide-ranging shades of "normal" that some > of us see in the daily human population. This stuff is hard and we seem > to restrict so much to one or two variables.
Conversation is hard. You can talk to almost anyone about the weather, but you won't be able to talk to a rodeo rider about horses the way that other riders do. You can read a book about "how to be a good conversationalist", apply the basic tricks it teaches you, with great success, and still remain ignorant and shallow. --linas ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=64418119-21691d
