We'll take it as read that I'm an arrogant S.O.B....
You? Never! ;)
... But in fact the sentiment I was trying to express was not "most people are fools by comparison to me", it was "Don't equate the value of a position with the intelligence of those who hold it".
Or, if I'm understanding you correctly, the more precise sentiment would be: "Don't equate the value of a position with the intelligence of those who don't hold it."
Everyone tries to redefine what I say... I meant it the way I wrote it, because even in the naÑve conception the value of a position would decrease as the intelligence of the persons who don't hold it increases, making the false relationship you refer to inverse, rather than direct. I'd call that counter-intuitive, which means there's little need to warn anyone away from it.
Now if you actually meant "don't base your judgment of a position's value on the intelligence of those who don't hold it", then I would agree that that is a more specific statement... but by its specificity not the more general one that I'm making.
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Date: 2005-06-30 06:26 pm (UTC)You? Never! ;)
... But in fact the sentiment I was trying to express was not "most people are fools by comparison to me", it was "Don't equate the value of a position with the intelligence of those who hold it".
Or, if I'm understanding you correctly, the more precise sentiment would be: "Don't equate the value of a position with the intelligence of those who don't hold it."
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Date: 2005-06-30 06:41 pm (UTC)Now if you actually meant "don't base your judgment of a position's value on the intelligence of those who don't hold it", then I would agree that that is a more specific statement... but by its specificity not the more general one that I'm making.
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Date: 2005-06-30 06:44 pm (UTC)