[extropy-chat] FWD [fantasticreality] Nice Summary of Problems of the self-denoted "Cultural Elites"

[Anna Taylor]

Sorry MB, I wasn't very clear.
I was curious to know what warnings you're talking about.

Anna:)

On 7/22/06, spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > Anna:)
> > > What are the first 2 warnings and then the first?
> >
> > Anna, I do not understand what you are asking. MB
>
>
> MB wrote this earlier:
>
> >> have read The Bell Curve and wanted to mention that now I see two
> >> warnings where I had before seen one...
>
> Then Anna asked:
>
> > > What are the first 2 warnings and then the first?
>
> Then I wrote:  Ja, MB, I wondered about that too, but was too busy changing
> diapers to worry about it.  {8^D
>
> spike
>
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>
> >
> >
> > >
> > > MB wrote:
> > > Below?
> > >
> > > MB wrote:
> > > our asshole neighbors?
> > >
> > > Anna questions?
> > > What exactly does that explain?
> > > Empathy realizes the objectivity of understanding and
> > > negotiations.
> > >
> > > I don't see how the words empathy and asshole could make
> > > a really good equation?
> > >
> > > Just Curious.
> > > Anna:)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/20/06, MB <mbb386 at main.nc.us> wrote:
> > >> I also have asshole neighbors and I prefer many of my online friends.
> > :) The
> > >> danger
> > >> lies in taking things to an extreme, which you also warn about in your
> > post.
> > >>
> > >> I've not read the book on Elites referenced in the original post, only
> > the
> > >> summarizing post, so I cannot speak to it directly. But I have read The
> > Bell
> > >> Curve
> > >> and wanted to mention that now I see two warnings where I had before
> > seen
> > >> one.
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> MB
> > >>
> > >> > Is the author saying that I should feel more empathy for my asshole
> > >> > neighbor upstairs than for my friends on this list, just because we
> > >> > live close?
> > >> > Come on, I consider decoupling relationships from geography as one of
> > >> > the great achievements of our time. Sure everything has a downside
> > but
> > >> > let's not throw the baby with the water.
> > >> > G.
> > >> >
> > >> > On 7/20/06, MB <mbb386 at main.nc.us> wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Much of this commentary mirrors well the conclusions reached in "The
> > Bell
> > >> Curve".
> > >> >> The last few chapters of that book were serious questions about the
> > >> direction our
> > >> >> country was going, and questioned how to avoid what is described
> > below.
> > >> >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
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