tfflivemb2 wrote:
Lately however, sarcasm has become the root of many of the posts here. Sometimes it is used on new users that clearly state "I am new to laptops" or "I am a newbie" for asking questions that "everyone should know" or even for spelling errors. Other times it is used as a catalyst to take these threads onto a whole new level, where the threads end up being closed to cut it off at the pass.
I just ask that we all step back and take a look at what we have here. No other company has had a forum as considerate/professional and informative as this one. I certainly don't want to lose it.
I am an active member of several unique groups. I can tell you the best groups are the ones in which the active members are civil to newbies and each other. One outstanding example is be300.org... An example of a top group among HPC handheld PC groups where several active senior members are arrogant is hpcfactor.com... Anyone who takes time to scan these two groups will discover that be300 is significantly better.
People with innovative ideas are usually cut off at the pass at HPC but not so at be300. HPC group has not produced any software that significantly expands any abandoned PC but be300 group is constantly at work on projects that keep the Casio abandoned Casio BE300 PDA an exciting device to own. We have members who piece by piece disassemble BE300s and photograph the process, stage by stage and we constantly experiment with modifications.
HPC modifies skins (mere appearance) BE300 group writes Operating Environments that dramatically expands the BE300 software library.
I cannot say if true group talent and knowledge is a function of civility and they a function of dynamic group production, or whether the reverse is the case. All I know is the uniquely productive groups tend to be the most civil.
Stupidity is failure or inability to learn. Arrogance stems from the assumption on knows it all, which means the arrogant stops learning from others, clearly a form of stupidity?
Occassionally a grand child says: "I don't know anything" I reply "excellent. Now that you know that, you can learn a lot!"
Aristotle was the greatest intellect the world ever knew. Aristotle did not lord over a room full of very young unknowledgeable men made to sit silently with pen and paper scribbling down "truths" spewed forth by their master. Aristotle accepted only 35 year-old and older students & they had to have considerable worldly experience. He wrote "A good education is wasted on a young man". They walked about thinking and discussing. Aristotle learned as much from his students as they learned from him. They did most of the research, study and talking. They were never given exams.
Aristotle was the greatest and he was also the most humble and civil of thinkers. Any connection? I think so.
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