--- In [email protected], "hugheshugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love a good quote and I heard a good quote along the lines > of "people have the strongest opinions about the things they are > least sure of" but didn't want to post it without finding who said > it, I didn't but found these gems instead. > > http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/opinions/ > > Well, I thought they were good, but as usual I'm always happy to be > wrong ;-)
Yes, thanks, nice quotes. I was thinking perhaps the degree of vigor, passion, absolutism (absolute certainty), and steadfastness of ones opinions are directly proportional to the degree to which the idea, concept or fact is a central part of ones identity. The identity will fight ferocously when its under attack. Or when there are not fall back elements to identity. That is, if identity is composed of 20 intertwined factor, and one loses one, no big deal. The other 19 re-adapt. But if identity is wrapped up in 1 or 2 or 3 main things, and one of those is under attack -- and there is threat of loss, then its a huge deal. Like when the TMO-world view IS (was) ones primary identity. When under attack, we all fought back hard. Or with arrogance or dismissiveness -- "those miserable, unevolved sleeping elephants". Or if identity is being, an indivisible, infinitely flexible, always shinning, then there is no potential for loss. Same thing if identity cannot be found. On Turks points, I notice some (all of us at times) write as if "IMO" is strongly implied and inherent in what we write, but others read it as absolutist statements overflowing with arrogance. IMO, Its clumsy to repeatedly write "IMO", but sometimes its necessary. Just as the silly smiley face. If one needs to explain a joke, its not much of a jok in my view. A joke is what catches you by surprise. There is no surprise if there is a big smilely face saying "You are probably too dense t oget this joke, so I will highlight it for you". But then again, people so often miss the (intended) humor. Or the humor was so veiled by obscure references -- or it was just poor humor-- that smilely faces are often necessary. Smilely faces to soften thrusts of vindictive or crass sentiments is another story. ----- A quick aside i noticed in one of my (now corrected) typos. Notice how close the typo for "All of us", "All ofus", is so close to "All dofus".
