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defacto7

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12. Love your post.
Mon May 13, 2013, 01:22 AM
May 2013

Insightful! But be careful... A circle is beginning to form. Don't make the same mistakes that you seem to perceive very well elsewhere.

"The person who declares that they know everything is the person who actually knows the least and serves as a tool....."

You don't know they don't know everything in a reasonable definition of the word everything. You still have to prove they don't before you can make an assumption. If you do put their ideas on trial in an open minded fashion, you may just learn a lot about the enemy... you also may find that they really are not the enemy or just have a perspective that's unusual. In any case you learn something instead of finding your conclusion has become your own brick wall.

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Have you been reading Derrida? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #1
Actually, No. I haven't read him… MrScorpio May 2013 #4
You are much clearer than Derrida, who is painfully recondite. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #5
I'm just a guy who has a high school education and who has seen a sliver of the world MrScorpio May 2013 #7
They are academics who write for each other. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #9
It's just another form of gatekeeping MrScorpio May 2013 #10
Love your post. defacto7 May 2013 #12
Thanks for your input MrScorpio May 2013 #16
DJs are the worst! pinboy3niner May 2013 #14
That is insightful. Newest Reality May 2013 #2
Almost Koan like ismnotwasm May 2013 #3
"To ME it is a short staff" AtheistCrusader May 2013 #13
Is this post brought to us by the numbers 80 and 20? Fumesucker May 2013 #6
No, I haven't gone that far yet MrScorpio May 2013 #8
I agree with you lovemydog May 2013 #11
Update! nt MrScorpio May 2013 #15
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