Re: Can one study too much?
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:24 am
Quite insightful, Anders. There is an old aphorism about college degrees which echoes this: B.S. = Bull Shit. M.S. = More Shit. PhD = Piled Higher and Deeper.
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I am afraid is does not do a bang-up job of shaping them into social animals, either.Anders wrote: but it shapes them into becoming social animals, not good thinkers.
This is precisely what people do while they are in college. except for burning their books. It is outside the University where people are waiting to collect one's urine to test for drugs, and so on.so the moment they receive said piece of paper they start taking drugs, drinking, partying, burning their books
For most people, this is exactly when the struggle begins. Suddenly, they realize that the world is indifferent. One is fortunate to find a position which is consistent with one's values, or at least does not require one to act contrary to them. Finding a partner, settling down, these are not paths likely to be easy in any case since life for most people is not easy by nature. Coasting through life turns out to be a pipe dream for the majority of people, I would think.They merely 'advance' that step further where they can start to settle down, find a partner, and stop the struggle.
You're right - they're not. In the end, merely providing for themselves is struggle enough for most people, because the world is largely indifferent to one's inner struggles.Anders Schlander wrote:thanks.
I think you're right about the fact that people don't 'stop struggling' and settle down without any more problems. After Uni people are struggling to find their job, the right partner, they struggle for promotion within their job, their children's educations etc. But there's no struggle internally, no inward ethical philosophical struggle, no struggle of existence. People aren't concerned with it!
I know I'm a little late getting to this, and you might not even see it due to your schedule, but... why, Pye? What motivated you to say this?Pye wrote:And finally, whilst in emotive mode, fuck off, Alex.
Pye is referring to Alex's penchant for PMing people. Shortly after Pye made the above comment, Alex T. Jacob showed up as Talking Ass (again). Alex's first go-around here had stated he would not return so he told Dan to cancel his membership (as Alex Jacob the mynah bird) because he (felt he) had gotten all there was to "get" here. Well, sure as shit smells he arrived some months later as Talking Ass and was found out to be Alex Jacob. He tired of all that and left for a while. Lo and behold, he returns for a third time as Alex T. Jacob, a couple people commented he has been here under a few alias's. He departed and is now back, again, as Talking Ass.guest_of_logic wrote:I know I'm a little late getting to this, and you might not even see it due to your schedule, but... why, Pye? What motivated you to say this?Pye wrote:And finally, whilst in emotive mode, fuck off, Alex.
Don't worry about it, Laird. All things pass.guest-of-logic: why, Pye? What motivated you to say this?
Yes, as they say, hare today, gone tomorrow.can you kill a rabbit without pursuing it?
I suppose this would be of interest to Uncle Dote, Blair, Bobo and Dennis.Tomas wrote:To quote the newbie, Cousin Basilica: "...and let's face it, if you are not the alpha dog on the sled, all you ever see is some other dog's asshole."Carmel wrote:Really?
I thought you held the view that we're all just "pixels on a screen"?
And Cousin Basilica's other nugget: "...Is this how Geniuses are to conduct discourse?"
In my nomothetic pixel-talk .. some pixels smell and look better than others.
PS - Basil-infused spaghetti & meatballs - What a lovely scent and heavenly sight!
See above underlined.cousinbasil wrote:At last, someone with a modicum of manners. Don't tell me, let me guess. You are a female? I must confess I have not trolled extensively before I began to post here. Perhaps my lack of due diligence in this regard has led to a few ruffled feathers. Quite honestly, I was considering abandoning this Forum entirely just now, but your civil tone has made me reconsider. I thank you for you cordiality.Carmel wrote:cousinbasil:
I mean, really. "Shit or get off the pot." Is this how Geniuses are to conduct discourse?
Carmel:
cousinbasil(or ?), don't mind Tomas, he's just testing you, either that, or maybe he didn't score any wins tonight at Wednesday night Bingo down at the Freemason's lodge, so he's a bit grumpy. :(
Anyway, he gives everyone here a hard time, don't take it personally....but it's dished out equilaterally and offset with a good sense of humour, so I really can't complain...too much. :)
Tomas the Foreshadower?Tomas wrote:Actually, that's part of my genius, the ability to take everything personally, to keep a running score with rivals real and imagined. Every time I post on Genius Forum, I'm playing for posterity.Carmel wrote:cousinbasil:
I mean, really. "Shit or get off the pot." Is this how Geniuses are to conduct discourse?
Carmel:
cousinbasil(or ?), don't mind Tomas, he's just testing you, either that, or maybe he didn't score any wins tonight at Wednesday night Bingo down at the Freemason's lodge, so he's a bit grumpy. :(
Anyway, he gives everyone here a hard time, don't take it personally....but it's dished out equilaterally and offset with a good sense of humour, so I really can't complain...too much. :)
Besides of humans ability to make stories up that do throw my view on what happened.This where I had Brokenhead / Cousinbasil figured out. From here on out it was to put my brand of offense to work on tripping-up (trapping) a troll.
burnout wrote:Is it possible to study too much? In other words, can studying in large quantities day after day be too much on the brain, just like overtraining?
QRS~burnout wrote:Is it possible to study too much? In other words, can studying in large quantities day after day be too much on the brain, just like overtraining?