Re: Jumping in
jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Tue, 02 Nov 1999 15:34:32 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, rev. bob pigeon wrote:
> >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.
>
> (this analogy is going to get sillier and sillier)
>
> i think, while still maintaining your vocal speed for when it's needed, you
> should be able to slow down and talk very slow like everyone else and get
> something out of it (without thinking it's hard for you to have to speak so
> slow like all these other people), otherwise how intelligent could you be?
perhaps I'm not really conveying the frustration. Imagine driving down
the street in your Lamborguini when some guy in a Studibaker is going 3
miles an hour in front of you, and every time you go to pass him, he
drifts into the middle of the road. Or better yet, your in the
Lamborguini (a stick shift) and the guy in front of you keeps stopping for
no apparent reason, making you go in and out of first gear all day long.
The point is that you can do it, but wouldn't you rather everyone went the
crusing speed of your car, or at least something reasonable, like 65mph.
I'm not sure what didn't stick the first time I did this analogy. It
seems a common experience when people stutter. Most people find it
terribly frustrating to speak to someone who stutters. Sure you can work
around it, you can be sympathetic, but no one really likes it. As it is,
in America, we cut people off in conversation all the time. Intelligence
does not provide perfect patience.
-j