Scott Loveless wrote: >On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote: >> Scott Loveless wrote: >> >>>That could be it. But why do we need some sanctioning body to >>>recognize it? >> >> Because without the sanctioning body anyone could just say "I ran a >> marathon in 2:10 yesterday" > >That seems so f'ing obvious, yet no one has brought it up yet. I >think. Unless I missed it. At this point I feel like a 7-year-old >who keeps asking "why?", but I think that moves out of the crowd thing >and into a different area. Please accept my apologies for not making >any sense. The terminology eludes me. The real question is probably >something like "why do we need recognition for anything at all?" If >Someone did go run a marathon and said so, but then you didn't believe >him, why would he care? And why is there is a need to point at the >event records for proof? > >It's simply a motivator I can't relate to, and I'm trying to >understand it. Dave Mann's message go a long way to explaining it. >Thanks everyone!
So what you're really asking is why do people need to perform actions that contribute to their sense of self-esteem? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
