Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree Frank to me with my semantic set the difference between wisdom and being informed. And actually I'm not that big a fan of current events in the first place. Every morning there's always a fresh crop of news and it just goes on and on. After awhile I'm back to my James Thurber and F. Scoot Fitzgerald. There are people who I disagree on on most points who Google all day and night more than I do and retain more. And make legible cross referenced notes. Don't laugh I'm still a fan of books. The paper ones with the turning pages. So no the internet does not make you smarter in the sense of more wise it just gives you more information to make unwise conclusions from. On 4/1/15 2:19 AM, "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: > There is a big difference between stupid and ignorant. A very clever person > can end up making very bad decisions if they have been badly > informed/educated > and left ignorant of facts. In the case of a stupid person they won?t > understand or necessarily follow information, whether it is correct or > wrong. > So informing them does not really help. Or at least that is the distinction as > I see it. > On 29 Mar, 2015, at 21:12, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > To me it seems pretty obvious but lets just say its my opinion > that the > internet is a boom for culture. And I find it absurd the statement > that > because of the internet " it impossible to do most creative things > except > for free," I wonder who you could substantiate claim like that when > the > evidence to the contrary is overwhelming. I would call the internet a > boom > for culture. A boom for getting smart; Being tasteful, informed. Access > even > the most obscure information in seconds. My what a nightmare! > I pity > the poor people who have to come up with an excuse for being stupid > and > tasteless in today's world. > I'd keep typing but instead I'm going to > Google/Wiki nineteenth century > cameras I'd heard the centers for making > these camera were in Paris and > London but I wanted to find out when it hit > the US and NY as in up state NY. > I'm glad I don't have to be spending the > day in the library not finding much > of anything on it. The Dewy decimal > system was never for me. > > I think in today's world its hard to come up > with an excuse to be stupid. I > think it takes a rare talent to be out of the > loop. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/