Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: NTY: Buy Apple gadgets, use Google services, buy media from Amazon
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
Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: NTY: Buy Apple gadgets, use Google services, buy media from Amazon
2 On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 8:54 AM, glen g...@ropella.name wrote: 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 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
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Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: NTY: Buy Apple gadgets, use Google services, buy media from Amazon
1. 2 is easy to ignore and move on from, but one (at least, I do) sincerely wants 1 to get ahead. I will reply regarding the UEFI thing later. -Arlo James Barnes 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
