Wayne, You said: "I am ignorant of that fact".
I am not disagreeing with your sentiment, just the wording of it... Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Fugitt [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: CS>Facts, How can one be Ignorant ? > > Evening Dan, > > As smart as you are, you missed the boat on that one. > > I will explain. > > >>At 12:22 PM 6/5/2008, you wrote: > >Afternoon Wayne, > >You wrote: > > >One statement we should all know and use. ........... > > > "I am ignorant of that fact". > >Now that really is an oxymoron. > No, it is a Fact of Life. > > >If you are ignorant of it, you don't know enough to > determine whether it > >is a fact or not. If you know enough to know it is a fact, > then you are > >not ignorant of > >it. > > This happens in a conversation with wise men, and highly > intelligent > people. > Matter of fact, some of the smartest people I know. > > When they tell you something, it is usually etched in stone. > > In fact, one of the smartest people I have ever known taught > me that statement. > > And .......... Often he stated, "I am ignorant of that fact". > Because the people stating it was respected for their knowledge. > > My theory holds water. Not sure if yours does. <grin> > > I am ignorant about a lot of things. You, Marshall, Simon, > and Ode taught > me many. > And others on the list have done likewise. > > Now I am not as ignorant as I once was. > > Of course I did not say, I am ignorant about everything. > > I met with two engineers this week. I taught them a few things. > I wondered why I was there. They thought they knew > everything. But they realized they did not. > > Can't recall anything they taught me. > > Wayne, RNX > > ================================= -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
