GENIUS FORUMS

…when you could instead spend your entire life intelligently picking out who to discuss truth with? In my opinion the latter choice is going to be much more fruitful.

Not saying you have to agree with people's bullshit, but sometimes it's better just to remain silent and nod. You just have to recognize people's limitations.

But as you point out, there is no point with some people as they are incapable of understanding them. (... I ain't gonna preach racial tolerance at the KKK convention any more!). So the logical follow-up is how can we distinguish between those who have the intelligence to be enlightened and those who don't? I guess it's a case by case judgment call, but I've found it to be a losing proposition more often than not.

Gretchen wrote:Because you never know who might just be listening that takes what you say into contemplation. It would seem, if you nodded your head, that the person who was just “taking everything in” may think you agree with the others and never know the alternative because you made a judgment call.

Gretchen wrote:As for it being a losing proposition, how does one know the inner workings of another’s mind?

Robert wrote:

Carl G wrote:Are you the same Robert that used to post under various nom de plumes such as Descartes Horse?

If so, welcome back!

No.

Does the welcome still count? :)