tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post2007814790507972361..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: What You Don't KnowRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-60291932539987705342008-03-30T15:36:00.000-07:002008-03-30T15:36:00.000-07:00Well, one thing I've observed is that 'smart' and ...Well, one thing I've observed is that 'smart' and 'stupid' aren't really opposite poles. Really smart people can, at the same time, be really dumb. (Bill Clinton comes to mind... very smart man, but wow he was incredibly stupid in some ways!) <BR/>I think the difference is, perhaps... something like wisdom, Wisdom is the ability to foresee the consequences of actions, the ability to see or at least be aware of your own blind spots, and use that to guide your decisions. Something like that. <BR/>And ignorance/education is purely orthogonal to both intelligence and wisdom.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812044801600397800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-18722630199941377692008-03-24T18:29:00.000-07:002008-03-24T18:29:00.000-07:00Have we talked about "The Rapture Of The Shallows?...Have we talked about "The Rapture Of The Shallows?"<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>DavidLoudernhelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05916650317157612866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-49741941441999736302008-03-24T17:29:00.000-07:002008-03-24T17:29:00.000-07:00In the Pesach haggadah there's a story about the f...In the Pesach haggadah there's a story about the four sons: One wise, one wicked, one simple and one who does not know how to ask a question. Each son asks a different question about the service, and gets a different answer. Among other things, this parable is about perspective.Kai Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319136737099550784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-59316278901667277562008-03-24T15:04:00.000-07:002008-03-24T15:04:00.000-07:00Well, the list of what I don't know would fill mos...Well, the list of what I don't know would fill most of the books ever printed. I am woefully ignorant, the width and breadth of it is vast. So much about which I haven't a clue. The more I learn, the more I realize how much it's just a scratch on the surface.<BR/><BR/>Thing is, the cure for ignorance is known: knowledge. Sometimes it is direct, sometimes not so much -- I never been to India, but I do believe it's there. <BR/><BR/>Einstein's theories were mostly inside his head. He did thought-experiments, because for a lot of what he came up with, there wasn't any practical ways to test it. Later, many of his ideas proved to be on the money. (There is a worrisome bit about gravity and slingshot effects on small satellites perculating, so the jury isn't altogether in on Al's accuracy.) But not bad for a guy what spun it up in his own mind.<BR/><BR/>Stupidity, on the other hand, tends to be chronic and sometimes fatal. <BR/>Of those things I'd claim to know, one of them is that I'm not too stupid most of the time.<BR/><BR/>But, since I've conjured up Uncle Albert, lemme go with, it's all relative, isn't it? In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man might not be the king, but he does have a tactical advantage in some situations ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.com