Re: ComputerChips magazine
Joshua Schmidlkofer <[email protected]>
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Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Jonathan Daugherty wrote: > >> # But how can I show everyone I am actually right if there is no one >> # true way? >> >> I hope that you're joking. :) > > > Yes it was a joke to make a point. > >> >> # Depends on your goal. If you goal is to get along with everyone, you >> # are absolutely correct. If you goal is to make everyone think and >> # agree with you, then well... >> >> Are you suggesting that "[making] everyone think and agree with you" >> is a valid goal? > > > I am not suggesting that it is or isn't. I am stating that it exists. > >> >> # A lot of geeks, pretty much every one I have ever met, myself >> # included agrees with your statement in theory. In practice we are >> # all very biased and want to do things our way and our way includes >> # trying to get other people to do it our way. >> >> I think his point is that we can admit these differences exist, but >> they don't need to dominate our interactions to the point of >> alienation. > > > If only everyone agreed with that, the world would be a better place. But certainly less enjoyable as we would all be involved in a gigantic intellectual ego masturbation about dominant interactions. _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug IRC: irc.freenode.net #pdxlug