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>From: todd@ai09.elcom.nitech.ac.jp (Todd Law)
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Subject: Re: Understanding Logic (was re: Godel Incomplete
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In-Reply-To: zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu's message of 24 Apr 92 02:34:54 GMT


In article <1992Apr23.223457.11493@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) writes:

>You know, Norm, I don't have the least bit of a problem relating to other
>people.  Whenever other people say something intelligent, I acknowledge it;
>whenever they say something stupid, I berate them.  On the other hand,
>whenever they say something insulting, I insult back.

To say you don't have a problem of relating to other people is kind of
a joke considering the volume and nature of negative feedback about
exactly that.

I think it's OK to do all of the above, but it is possible, and more
challenging to do it in such a way so as not to trample over others.
As a suggestion, consider reading _What Do You Care What Other People
Think_ by Richard Feynman, the famous physicist.  It's a collection
of anecdotes throughout his life, and he too starts off a lot like
you: completely rational, detached, very bright.  He eventually
evolves later in life to be more considerate...

I agree with something you wrote elsewhere: stem the tidal wave
of complacency and stupidity (approx. what you said).  But turning
people off is not a means to that end.



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