Flaming the Clueless

[Tyler Durden]

Jesus H....(I assume the 'H' was instered to avert the condemnation of 
blasphemy)...quite a good post.
Heard and duly noted.
-TD





>From: John Young <jya at pipeline.com>
>To: cypherpunks at lne.com
>Subject: Flaming the Clueless
>Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 09:32:47 -0800 (PST)
>
>It's common for those accomplished in one field to believe that ability is 
>confidently transferrable to another, in particular for social, political 
>and religious matters -- and vice versa.
>
>Endeavors which require close, sustained concentration and logical 
>methodologies seldom help with challenges which require noodling, free-form 
>creativity, openness to disagreement, compromise. And vice versa.
>
>Disaster looms when a logical minded person gains political power and sets 
>out to arrange a nation into a perfect society as if a machine for sharply 
>controlled output. And vice versa when a muddled-headed dreamer sets out to 
>design and manufacture physical structures.
>
>Yet again and again this happens: logical nuts get into positions of 
>political power -- left, right and center, anarcho and theological -- and 
>all to often millions suffer, and multi-thousands are murdered. Or an 
>all-loving putz so narcotizes adherents to believe heaven on earth is at 
>hand that mass suicide occurs, not least by letting a logical nut 
>annihilate the willing victims.
>
>Cluelessness abounds, not only on cpunks but in all fields, almost as 
>commonplace as clueless flaming. Flaming the clueless is perfect proof that 
>flamers are no wiser than those they mimic.
>
>Never let an over-confident thinker run anything except bath water and 
>never obey a beloved mush-brain calling for war. Yet here we are, flaming 
>the clueless at hand as if whistling is courageous deep-thinking.
>
>Auto-didact, heal your ignorance, to be sure, a contradiction.


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