[ExI] plastic turkeys

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of John Grigg via extropy-chat



 

>… Well, be thankful for family and friends, especially if they have treated you well. I unfortunately do not have substantially above average intelligence. I have been tested by Mensa and I was a little below what they require for a basic membership. And I am not a stem worker, despite coming from a family of engineers on my father's side. …  John

 

 

Hi John, I do wish to contest your contention, in a way.

 

I recognize you are as you say, not Mensa material, given the type of test they give, which does not measure your brand of smart.  When you were at my house in 19 ninety-something and we had that huge party, I watched and I listened, to everyone.  That was the party where Eliezer was doing that hako sote business, oh that was great fun, Robert Bradbury was being Robert (oy) Harvey Newstrom was there telling gay jokes with himself as the victim, I laughed until I hurt, oh what a time.

 

I watched how Greg Burch worked the crowd, and oh he is good at that.  I watched and listened at the interaction between Anders and Eliezer, two guys with enormous respect for each other but scarcely any two guys could be found with more opposite personalities than those two.  I watched and listened to the others, including you.

 

John what I saw in you is a rare type of smart in that crowd, a person who understands how to empathize.  Mensa tests don’t measure that.  No one really know how to measure that.  You have Oprah Winfrey smart: she and you somehow make people feel comfortable.  To this day, the only person my bride remembers in that whole crowd of exi-luminaries… is you.  I learned a lot that day John.  How one carries oneself matters.  So… be a gentleman, be like unto John Grigg, empathize with others, for feelings do matter.

 

It was a special time for me to host that.  It was right afterwards that Greg asked me to moderate ExI.  He isn’t the kind of guy who it is easy to refuse.

 

spike

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