Re: Jumping in
jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Mon, 01 Nov 1999 14:24:23 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 Basquiata@aol.com wrote:
> 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
Sorry, we were referencing an on going argument I had with my old
girlfriend. btw: all CAPS is considered yelling on the Net. Many people
get very annoyed with it.
-j
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> Subj: Re: Jumping in
> Date: 11/1/99 9:31:17 AM Eastern Standard Time
> From: jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com (jason varsoke)
> Sender: owner-bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
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> On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, rev. bob pigeon wrote:
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> > 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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