You have a very valid point. Sadly, I had 'ignorant' in there and changed it to 'stupid'.
But, I think my point was pretty clear anyway :D On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:58 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I think there 'stupidity' and 'willful stupidity' are 2 different things. >> >> I understand that some people are stupid and do not know it. But there >> are others who are stupid, know it, and don't care. The latter group >> would be the 'willful stupidity" >> > > Not really...they would be "willfully ignorant". > > Stupid - Can't learn > Ignorant - Hasn't learned > Willfully Ignorant - Hasn't learned, and refuses to do so. > > Since stupid seems to designate not an unwillingness to learn, but an > incapability....judging by Heinlein's contention that stupidity could not be > cured with education. (Ignorance, on the other hand, can). > > But enough semantics :) > > -- > No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown > In the end there is one dance you'll do alone > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325322 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
