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| shanny |
Today's word on the street is "How".
For too long people have been concerning themselves with all the wrong questions. Even trained professionals, journalists as they like to be called, often times focus their efforts in entirely the wrong areas. The world has gone stagnant by failing to recognize that there is more than the ever popular "five w's".
There was a time when we needed to know "why that happened" or "who it happened to", but that time has come and gone.
Now what we need to know is "how that happened?"
With the answer to our problems now clearly in our laps many people are continuing with the trend and asking "how could we let this happen? How did we not change our ways sooner?"
The reality of the situation is that we cannot be faulted for our inaction. If Barbara Walters, David Letterman and even the great late Peter Jennings could not see the error in their ways, how could we be expected to do anything different?
What is important is that we have seen the light, and now know that "how we can make a difference" is as simple as focusing on the h word. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by shanny
The reality of the situation is that we cannot be faulted for our inaction. |
That is such a crock. Hell yes we can! Are you intelligent or not? Because an intelligent person always acts. |
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| jackd42o |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
That is such a crock. Hell yes we can! Are you intelligent or not? Because an intelligent person always acts. |
I disagree. Intelligent people can be lazy and motivated people can just as easily be dumb. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by jackd42o
I disagree. Intelligent people can be lazy and motivated people can just as easily be dumb. |
No. An intelligent person would never betray their ability to think by choosing inaction and non-accountability.
Claiming inaction is claiming ignorance is claiming unintelligence.
If you have a brain and don't use it, you're not *really* very smart, are you? |
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| jackd42o |
Yes. I might just be lazy or incapable of acting. Action is not a prerequisite of intelligence. A theoretical physicist may come to an incredibly brilliant conclusion without so much as flinching. Our argument is based on hypothetical circumstances though. Obviously it’s more intelligent to act at times…
“I think I should brush my teeth or I’ll get a cavity… nah it.” |
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| DanR |
| quote: | Originally posted by jackd42o
Yes. I might just be lazy or incapable of acting. Action is not a prerequisite of intelligence. A theoretical physicist may come to an incredibly brilliant conclusion without so much as flinching. Our argument is based on hypothetical circumstances though. Obviously it’s more intelligent to act at times…
“I think I should brush my teeth or I’ll get a cavity… nah it.” |
If the physicist never goes beyond "flinching" in all of his work, then, hindering and withholding one's capacity to achieve is not a very intelligent thing to do, now is it? |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by DanR
If the physicist never goes beyond "flinching" in all of his work, then, hindering and withholding one's capacity to achieve is not a very intelligent thing to do, now is it? |
This man knows.  |
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| beefy k |
Intelligence is a measure of the mental capacity of an individual to grasp concepts, relationships, etc. One can be intelligent and lazy at the same time.
My roommate in first year university would study for physics for about 2 hours compared to the 30 hours everyone else spent and he would do better.
This was VERY aggravating, trust me
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| jackd42o |
| quote: | Originally posted by beefy k
Intelligence is a measure of the mental capacity of an individual to grasp concepts, relationships, etc. |
Precisely. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| If we're talking about mental capacity only, we may as well be robots. What about CONSCIOUS thought? |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by jackd42o
What about IT? |
It's beyond simple mental capacity. |
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