[ExI] quote of the day

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From: extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 10:52 AM
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Subject: [ExI] quote of the day

 

>…I have finally seen a definition of humility that I can say fits me:

 

>…Again, from Superforecasting:

 

>…'....intellectual humility ...is a recognition that reality is profoundly complex, that seeing things clearly is a constant struggle, when it can be done at all, and that human judgment must therefore be riddled with mistakes.  This is true for fools and geniuses alike.  So it's quite possible to think highly of yourself and be intellectually humble.'

 

>…bill w

 

 

 

I looked for definitions of humility.  Tried Webster’s, a modest or low opinion of one’s own importance and so forth, but you know the bible puts that big emphasis on humility, so a number of us were debating the issue.  Every time guys get together, you know how it always goes BillW when guys debate things: pretty soon someone decides we need to have a contest, to find out who is the most humble.

 

I told you before how that came out: we all tied for second place.  We piled up on the left pedestal, the silver medalists side, and you can envision it: the platform tipped over and landed on top of us pile of humbled losers.  Then of course we all felt stupid and humbled even more, which put us all up on the top pedestal, but when we righted the thing and got up there, we got all not humble up there because we all won, so they put us back down a level and the whole thing repeated.

 

It was ugly.

 

spike

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