tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post3215593691598268198..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: For LaciAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-2396826748384551282012-06-15T15:19:13.472+02:002012-06-15T15:19:13.472+02:00Crunchy, to try and sum up what dog gone said in t...Crunchy, to try and sum up what dog gone said in terms you <i>might</i> understand:<br /><br />You don't need an advanced degree, but you sure as hell need to know what you are talking about and be able to show you understand what's going on.<br /><br />I would like to think that you were intelligent enough to know when someone is bullshitting you or telling the truth, but I seriously doubt you have that ability.<br /><br />Some people can talk fancy, but they are twits.<br /><br />While others can talk plainly and be very wise.Laci The Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138644349857941157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-47437463766824038522012-06-15T02:58:57.219+02:002012-06-15T02:58:57.219+02:00Don't be silly Crunchy.
There are plenty of p...Don't be silly Crunchy.<br /><br />There are plenty of people who are not expert in subjects with advanced degrees. But they have the general well-rounded education not to be gullible about things like why the Japanese didn't invade mainland U.S.<br /><br />You hold some really foolish views. Anyone with a diploma from a good high school should know better than that. Your other ideas are not much better.<br /><br />When you try to argue, using concepts you don't really understand, like democide, and you use them to people who ARE better educated in those topics than you are, you make yourself look doubly foolish.<br /><br />I have an excellent grasp of anatomy, human and comparative. But I still would not try to tell a trained surgeon how to do an apendectomy. I respect the greater specialized expertise of someone who DOES have an advanced degree in a topic.<br /><br />The reason your ideas don't get traction around here is that they are ill-considered and ill-founded in fact. You do not make sound arguments. I made more sound argumentation when I was in elementary school, so cut the crap about elitism. <br /><br />It is a feeble attempt to take yourself off the hook for your own failings of knowing stuff and being capable of critical thinking.<br /><br />Expecting people who comment to actually KNOW what they are talking about is reasonable.<br /><br />So shape up, learn something, and be reasonable.<br /><br />Has nothing whatsoever to do with 'elitism'. You have incredibly poor sources of information, the sources you rely on have failed you, UTTERLY. Change sources and don't be afraid to do a little of what the late great sci-fi author Robert Heinlein called 'skull sweat'.<br /><br />Otherwise, we quite appropriately will not take what you say seriously, and will poke those comments with a sharp stick.<br /><br />Look, Crunchy, there may very well be a subject on which you know more than I do, an area of expertise I lack. I have no problem learning from you if that area ever comes up here. But I do have the intellectual infrastructure of a very good well rounded education, which allows me to be a quick study. I've been reading at college level since I was in elementary school, and I read very very fast with high comprehension. I haven't found anything yet that I cannot learn if I apply myself - I work at it. Don't be so damned intellectually lazy.dog gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151618317070878675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-84758018749010599812012-06-15T02:41:48.125+02:002012-06-15T02:41:48.125+02:00So someone's thoughts, ideas, concerns, and vi...So someone's thoughts, ideas, concerns, and viewpoints are not relevant unless they hold multiple advanced degrees and have invested dozens of additional hours on research of any specific topic at hand? I don't know why your attitude surprises me.<br /><br />But again I want to thank you for giving us a glimpse of the extent of your elitism. It is immensely helpful.Capn Crunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05494225553563073179noreply@blogger.com