OT: KNowleDGe

Sometimes I think one of the most important things we can do in life is to come up with the good questions.

Ben
 
I was expecting Bill to say,
"I feel that way every morning when I get up." But that was close enough.





munk
 
Munk and I were talking recently, and an applicable realization came up. Know-it-alls are impressive to none. They come across as condescending to people with less knowledge and as idiots to people with more. Those with less knowledge will likely just stop listening to you. Those with more may just decide to publicly stomp your ego into the ground.

I realized later that Mark Twain said something similar to the above, but I can't remember what it was (other than cleverer and more concise). Were someone to find it, then they'd know something.
 
Originally posted by t1mpani
Munk and I were talking recently, and an applicable realization came up. Know-it-alls are impressive to none. They come across as condescending to people with less knowledge and as idiots to people with more. Those with less knowledge will likely just stop listening to you. Those with more may just decide to publicly stomp your ego into the ground.

I realized later that Mark Twain said something similar to the above, but I can't remember what it was (other than cleverer and more concise). Were someone to find it, then they'd know something.
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Is this what you were thinking of:

"Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish." --Mark Twain
 
THANK YOU!! Yes, that's the one. See? It was cleverer wasn't it? I guess that explains why more people quote him than me.
 
Knowledge is power,

Ignorance is bliss,

Bullsh*t either stinks or is an artform (sometimes both)!

:o

Gotta luv these icon thingies!
 
have all been learned the hard way. I've learned...if you drink when you feel sh!tty you will wake up feeling even worse...LSD does not let you see God...Volkswagens are not so easy to work on but if you're too stupid to sell and too stubborn to quit they'll eventually get you to work...a dog is Man's Best Friend...you realize how precious your wife is when she stands at Death's Door...the stereo that was stolen from your car is not really that important...if you have a roof and food you're ahead of the game...you can live without AC and a heater...you will never be as clever as a crow...the biggest building is a lot smaller than the biggest mountain...if you look at the woman you married 5 years ago or 50 ago and still marvel at her beauty you're a lucky man...Mom will not let you starve to death...most kids wont listen to my hard earned wisdom...I'm a kid who doesn't always listen to my elder's hard earned wisdom...an expensive car will not make you a better person...prepare for everything expect nothing...if it don't rust don't trust it...what has this to do with khukuris?...everything

Frank
 
One day I was in my aikido dojo practicing, and I was a little (ok, a lot) angry with myself because it seemed that that day I wasn't doing anything right. I seemed like I had two left feet, that my hands were made of soft rubber that my joints were made of solid concrete and that my brain was completely useless, as I seemed to forgot all I had previously learnt.
I don’t know how many of you have taken Japanese martial arts or Aikido, but my sensei was very traditional, in the sense that he would not use words to explain anything. He would use the technique to teach you the technique.
So, I am there with my uke practicing and feeling angrier, and suddenly I hear my sensei's voice behind me: "You won't ever do it right, you know?". At that moment, I felt like a ton of bricks fell over my head and I thought, Ok, I stink so much at this that he is considering kicking me from the dojo, I am a dork! I hope that no one else is looking at me. I wish I could die on the spot. I wish I were somewhere else! If I ask him politely, he might even allow me to commit seppuku right here on the dojo… And he continued: "I’ve been at this for 55 years and I am not still good at this. You won’t do it right today, you won’t do it right tomorrow. Hell!, If you really understand what is this all about, you might realize that you will never do it right, but just a little better than the previous time, and that is what you should be looking for". My brain just short-circuited right there on the spot and he continued: "The day that you think that you know everything you have to know, that day, you will stop to grow, and you'll be as if you were dead". He saluted me, I saluted him back, and he continued pacing around the dojo checking the other students.
That experience really humbled me, and make me think a lot, and I am trying to learn a little bit more everyday. Not that I am making it, but I am trying.

:p :p

My $0.2

Tbar
 
must be. not many adults know what to say to an angry, frustrated kid.





the kid,
munk
 
Originally posted by Rusty


Want to sign up with me for the newest Winter Olympic event? Kinda like the Jamaican bobsled team except you all face backwards, and mirrors aren't allowed. I believe it's sponsored by the Darwin awards people.

We ought to have no trouble finding a winning team from the HI forum a'tall, a'tall.

Come to think of it, We'll need Bruise as our fearless leader/point man. That way when we come to an abrupt halt, and all land on top of each other, he'll be on the very bottom.
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Sign me up!
You'd want me.
Maybe anchor.
Good at being the last to catch on.
And I don't weigh much!

Shirley
Interesting thread:)
 
You'd want me.
Maybe anchor.
Good at being the last to catch on.
And I don't weigh much!
>> Shirley


If you don't weigh much you can't be on the sled..Oh, wait a minute- the purpose wasn't to win- sure, hop on. Better yet, wear a bathing suit and some ivy in your hair and we'll place you on the front of the sled like the wooden ladies carved into the front of sailing ships. Yeah, I know you'll be cold but it will be for the good of the team.



munk
 
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