Re: Jumping in

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I'M SORRY, I JUST JOINED THIS LIST, BUT WHO WERE U GUYS TALKING ABOUT IN THIS 
LETTER:? I REALLY IDENTIFIED WITH IT, BUT I KNOW YOU CAN'T BE TALKING ABOUT 
ME BECAUSE YOUDON'T KNOW ME. ANYWAY.... I LIKE THE GARDEN HOSE METAPHOR, IT 
WAS RATHER AMUSING. REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING AMOS WOULD SAY.
TOODLES
ME

Subj:    Re: Jumping in
Date:   11/1/99 9:31:17 AM Eastern Standard Time
From:   jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com (jason varsoke)
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On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, rev. bob pigeon wrote:

> this response is not *directed* at the original poster:
> 
> >She
> >always argued that you could reach an intelligence level that would make
> >you so smart that other people would become intollerable.  You'd have a
> >hard time communicating with them, and so on.  
> 
> that would be intelligence coupled with arrogance.  just because somebody
> doesn't like to read salinger or doesn't understand things on a level you
> think you do doesn't mean they are stupid (or, to be safe, "less
> intelligent") or that you're a poor soul to have to be around them and not
> at a mensa meeting.  

no, I don't think she was talking about arrogance.  Instead, consider
talking to someone who speaks at one quarter your speed.  You'd have to
wait a long time for them to get a sentence, and therefore a thought out.
It would be like sucking ideas through a garden hose.  I'll give you a
hint, it would be really frustrating for you.  Now, imagine everyone does
this; everyone speaks very slow (say you are in Georgia [duck]).  Well, I
think that's what she thought it would be like to be hyper-intelligent.  

-j

        

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