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Re: Common Sense

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On 1/22/2016 10:25 AM, James McGinn wrote:
> On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 4:22:27 AM UTC-8, john wrote:
>> "It is a thousand times better to have
>> common sense without education than
>> to have education without common
>> sense." Robert G. Ingersoll
>>
>> There you go, Odd.
>> You need 999 more educations
>
> So often people have their heads filled with knowledge, but they can't solve problems.
> They can't reason anything out.  When confronted with a contradiction they immediately
> try to find a reason to dismiss it, because they fear the confusion associated with
> problems that don't have easy answers.
>

What contradiction do you think is getting dismissed, Jim?

And in my book, knowledge of physics is entrained with problem-solving 
ability. In fact, you can't claim any knowledge of physics without 
having practiced solving problems. Too many people on this group claim 
to have some fancy new theory but they can't solve a single problem, not 
even a simple one. They think that's asking too much.


-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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Common Sense john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 04:22 -0800
  Re: Common Sense Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 07:12 -0600
    Re: Common Sense moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-01-22 14:51 +0000
  Common Sense HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 05:35 -0800
    Common Sense john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 06:36 -0800
      Re: Common Sense Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 08:53 -0600
        Re: Common Sense john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 07:03 -0800
          Re: Common Sense Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 10:05 -0600
            Re: Common Sense benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 14:05 -0500
      Re: Common Sense Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 09:13 -0600
      Common Sense HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 07:32 -0800
        Re: Common Sense benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 14:01 -0500
  Re: Common Sense James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 08:25 -0800
    Re: Common Sense Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 10:29 -0600
      Re: Common Sense benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 14:08 -0500
        Re: Common Sense Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 12:02 -0600
          Re: Common Sense HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 03:59 -0800
            Re: Common Sense benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 14:24 -0500
      Re: Common Sense James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 00:44 -0800
        Re: Common Sense Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 07:34 -0600
          Re: Common Sense James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 09:43 -0800
            Re: Common Sense Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 12:09 -0600
              Re: Common Sense James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 10:13 -0800
                Re: Common Sense Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 12:53 -0600
                Re: Common Sense "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 11:13 -0800
                Re: Common Sense benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 14:29 -0500
                Re: Common Sense Solving Tornadoes <solvingtornadoes@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 11:31 -0800

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