In a message dated 6/11/99 7:16:49 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
KHACKETT@aba.iupui.edu writes:
quoted 3 lines -I would have thought that humans would have learned this
> -I would have thought that humans would have learned this
> pattern in Human history long ago-----but as a Very wise man once said,
> "there is nothing new being done under the sun"!
you would think.. if our worlds self proclaimed "greatest minds" were as
logical as they thought they were they would by accepted and embraced the
idea that according to the path of history, looking at the way people used to
think, and the way they do now, that one must draw the conclusion that pretty
much anything could be possible. On another note I just saw the great movie
"Good Will Hunting".. besides it being a great movie in itself, it's a
perfect example of the nature of human intelligence and what it really means
to be an "intelligent" person. If you ask me, I'd say the movie is an idm
must see simply for <put word out of my vocab here> reasons. In that movie
Matt Damon keeps company with his fellow mates from South East Boston.. none
of them are anywhere near his level of understanding on math, etc. but they
are the closest mates they could be, they are all on the same frequency..
Matt just happens to be able to juggle numbers and rearrange concepts alot
easier.. it couldn't have less to do with their relationship to one another..
it's just what they do..
Take a psychological look at this list. For god's sake look at the name
"intelligent" dance music. Meaning.. this is intelligent.. and that other
stuff is stupid. That's all it possibly could mean.. there would be no reason
to have to divide dance music unless we thought some of it was dumb and for
some reason the shit we were listening to was superior. That is the nature of
this list, it always has been. But here on the very list, the pinicale of
elitism, we get into heated arguments on why Fat Boy Slim it just as
important as Autechre. We don't like thinking we're "better" than other
people... and by fucking god, of course we're not. Some people calculate
finite math and some people don't, but having intellecual abilities doesn't
mean you're a better person. That's the problem, that's the pill that nobody
can swallow. People don't know how to deal with some cats (haha.. Kelley
you've got me hooked) being smarter than other ones. Just because somebody
may be better at you at something, such as finite math, doesn't mean they are
a better person than you,.. SHIT GODDAMN it doesn't even mean you can't be
friends!!! NO REALLY IT DOESN'T!!!!! What makes people friends it's something
much higher than finite math.. the truth is each and every one of us on earth
have the capacity to be friends with one another if we simply give a little.
Nothing can stop us from all getting along if we have patience and love, the
truth is all of us are GREAT and none of us are worthless. Nobody is better
than anybody else and those of us who may be able grasp things a little
easier than others should be taking that opportunity to expand the minds of
others. That can be really hard sometimes, really really hard. But when you
get the chance to truly help a person, that is the best thing you can do.
Just as a great teacher once said, "The greatest thing you can do is to love
your neighbor". and it still holds true to this day, it always will and
always has.
I know music, and mostly only my own at that, and not much else, oh well.. I
don't read a whole hell of alot. I wish I did.. in the past few years I have
learned that I actually love to read.. it's just.. I spend so much time
making music and smoking weed (yes I know.. it's not good but I do..) that I
never really get around to reading much. I actually plan to read alot in the
future, but I don't believe I should be judged and written off (nobody should
be written off for that matter) simply because I do not share your traits.
Well that's all for now..
Aaron
p.s. I know how much I don't know, but at least I know how much I don't
know.. well I actually don't know exactly how much I don't know.. I just know
it's a measure beyond my reckoning.