> > > Yes, it is so sad. Almost as sad as the
> patronizing attitude some folks
> > > exhibit when they are certain that most everybody
> else is an idiot.
> > Yes, that is sad. Especially when combined with the
> idea that all those
> > idiots must be taken care of by those who think they
> have the knowledge
> > and ability to fix everything, but who obviously do
> not, and do not even
> > realize it when their infallibility is pointed out.
> Yes and the fact that the people who think they have the
> knowledge and the
> ability to fix everything, who have to take care of the
> patronizing people
> have to be take care of by the people who think that the
> others don't have
> the knowledge and ability to fix the people who... oh,
> never mind.
> Anyway, I suspect you are trying to cross-pollinate threads
> here by alluding
> to political ideas I expressed elsewhere and implying that
> they must be
> wrong because I misspoke here. I guess we allow thread
> cross-pollination,
> for the sake of hybrid vigor. Vigorous debate and all
> that.
> And for heaven's sake, it was at best a metaphor and
> here we are obsessing
> about it, while the topic at hand (the nature of evolution)
> is being
> ignored. And I'll bet it is lonely. I think I hear it
> starting to whimper
> off in the corner.
> Nick
> P.S. We allow mistakes here. Otherwise, how could we
> evolve?
i'm not ashamed to admit that i make lots of mistakes. does that make me an
idiot? that's how i learn...
jon
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