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
