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Originally Posted by coberst
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Originally Posted by Turble
How many threads does it take on this subject to see that no one is interested?  Some folk have nut allergies, which is to say that just because you think you have the answer for everyone else, does not make it so. Your harping on this is like teaching a pig to sing; not only does it not work, it irritates the pig.  |
Humans seem to have a turtle like behavior. When encountering a new idea it withdraws into its shell. However, if the object is seen often enough the turtle finds that it is not a threat and can then learn to use the new object to advantage. |
Ahhh Coberst, you loveable ol' desert lizzard.
And they say only maddogs & Englishmen go out in the midday Sun.
As you surmise, I am well accounted in knowing both human & turtle behavior. What you seem to have missed in my repost however, is the nut allergy reference and I will tell you that for those so afflicted, multiple exposures are only new chances to choke to death from
anaphylaxis.
As to your disinterested learning, my metaphor applies in reverse, that is to say that most people are allergic by some one or other circumstance of nature & nurture to following your admonitions "to experience the act of intellectual understanding." So for the minority not so disposed, it is all well and good and they are the singers and the others the pigs. Let's be satisfied that everyone can enjoy a symphony without being compelled to play in it.
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semantics is not always just pedantic quibbling. ~ douglas r. hofstadter
