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Yes indeed. I'm your man if you want to know about something that happened in the beforetime - precluding the last century.Quote:
Originally Posted by Squeamous
60s actually :snooty:Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
Yuno nothing about the 'foretime?
I'm just not interested in that at all.
It seems shit.
Please tell me you know who Audrey Hepburn is, at the very very least.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
Yeah someone had her as an avatar on this very board a few years ago. I googled her back then.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyPlease tell me you know who Audrey Hepburn is, at the very very least.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
She didn't do any nudes.
You don't have to be interested in it to know about it. Knowledge you're interested in is a hobby. Knowledge you're not interested in is intelligence.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
The first sentence is absolutely true. The second is tenuous at best, the third is complete shite.Quote:
Originally Posted by SqueamousYou don't have to be interested in it to know about it. Knowledge you're interested in is a hobby. Knowledge you're not interested in is intelligence.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
After I wrote that last night, I realised that I like the first two or three decades of the 1900s, and the 90s, too. Most of the stuff in between, with lots of notable exceptions, is just awkward.
I've always identified intelligence as a willingness to learn, regardless of interest, so it's kind of close to mine. One doesn't have to know these things already because it'd be a pity if intelligence depended too strongly on your ability to not forget something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Squeamous
I identified strongly with what you wrote so I changed it such that it's now exactly congruent with my own feelings on the matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyI've always identified intelligence asQuote:
Originally Posted by Squeamous
a willingnessa measurement of a person's ability to learn, regardless of interest. One doesn't have to know these things already because it'd be a pity if intelligence depended too strongly on your ability to not forget something.
If this were about chemistry, you'd be Einsteinium.Quote:
Originally Posted by Squeamous
Yeah, well at least I don't have to wait for the jury. I formulated mine after noticing the dumbest fucks are the ones who tend to say "I don't care to know" the most. That and conversations with people who treat all knowledge with earnest pleasure create environments with higher intellectual fervor.Quote:
Originally Posted by mankerI identified strongly with what you wrote so I changed it such that it's now exactly congruent with my own feelings on the matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
That lovely anecdotal explanation doesn't make your assertion any the less wrong, but it did enable me to see exactly from whence your point came - almost to the point of agreeing with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyYeah, well at least I don't have to wait for the jury. I formulated mine after noticing the dumbest fucks are the ones who tend to say "I don't care to know" the most. That and conversations with people who treat all knowledge with earnest pleasure create environments with higher intellectual fervor.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker