Hey Kings' Fans,
I've noticed a lot of posters on this board--and other boards, of course--being really obstinate in their POVs expressed in this board (and other boards, too). Stubbornly obstinate. Meanly obstinate.
One interesting thing that I find with many, many people is that they really don't take the time to look up words that they've seen before, but not really understood the full meanings of them, so here's the definition of "obstinate" for your convenience:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/obstinate
Granted, other boards are worse (and this board is an exceptionally good board, mind you), but any board communication can be improved if the posters would:
I find that most posters have POVs that have merit in many ways, so there's few--if any--posters who are always 100% correct or 100% wrong--most are somewhere inbetween--and that's regarding factual arguments, not POV arguments...opinions, in other words.
It is easily to have two divergent opininons on the same exact subject and be both correct, as the probabilities of the subject matter could go either way, or go off in some other unforeseen direction.
"Opinion" is a word that is used frequently in this board, so, take a look at the first definition of this word...
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/opinion
...and see that it is based on uncertainty; therefore, any opinionated argument made ought to done so with the principle of uncertainty in mind, as the probabilities of the subject matter at hand could go off in unforeseen directions. That is the nature of 3-D life as we know it. Life in higher dimensions/densities (4-D, 5-D, etc to 8-D...and this is NOT opinion, mind you) have far less uncertainty in probabilities than in 3-D because the inhabitants have evolved beyond the 3-D worlds as we know them.
When I was a high-school student, I started a habit of carrying a dictionary wherever I went--no matter where, even on a date (I'd leave it in my backpack), so that if I wound up with to-be-wasted time, I'd break open the book and start reading where I last left off. I was mercilessly teased by my classmates, but they soon shut the ---k up when they saw my writings or tried to debate me on various issues, as I would throw in words that I knew that they did not know, lol.
I have asked people this question over the years: "If you were marooned on an island, what one book would you want to have on hand?" Many said, "Bible", "Playboy" (as if this one's a "book"!)and other books; not one has said "dictionary", which really has surprised me, since, to me, that's the ONE book that one would not wish to do without in any case. One could rebuild society on an island with just one quality dictionary (Webster's 2nd ed is the best, by far, as most dictionaries now have been doctored to favor the corporate/elite establishment heavily over the common people, including the latter editions of Websters). To this day I still carry a dictionary wherever I go and use it at places like DMV, banks, etc.
Anyway, the central point of this post is for the posters to carefully consider the frequent good merit in the arguments/opinions of others and recognize the underlying uncertainty in nearly any POV, even ones that are based on facts, such as sports stats. This thread is not to be construed to be an attack on the mods in any way.
It is always good to apply the classic Golden Rule in any of your interactions with others, beit verbal or written. The Golden Rule is a reflection of the Law of Distortion/Law of Free Will that undergirds all realities in this galaxy as we know it (each galaxy has its own ground rules governing realities contained therein).
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I've noticed a lot of posters on this board--and other boards, of course--being really obstinate in their POVs expressed in this board (and other boards, too). Stubbornly obstinate. Meanly obstinate.
One interesting thing that I find with many, many people is that they really don't take the time to look up words that they've seen before, but not really understood the full meanings of them, so here's the definition of "obstinate" for your convenience:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/obstinate
Granted, other boards are worse (and this board is an exceptionally good board, mind you), but any board communication can be improved if the posters would:
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- read to the views of others and respond to them.
- contemplate multiple views on controversial issues.
- develop writing skills and impromptu responses in group discussions.
- develop skills in supporting one's opinion with facts and examples.
- write posts that take into consideration good points made by others.[/SIZE]
I find that most posters have POVs that have merit in many ways, so there's few--if any--posters who are always 100% correct or 100% wrong--most are somewhere inbetween--and that's regarding factual arguments, not POV arguments...opinions, in other words.
It is easily to have two divergent opininons on the same exact subject and be both correct, as the probabilities of the subject matter could go either way, or go off in some other unforeseen direction.
"Opinion" is a word that is used frequently in this board, so, take a look at the first definition of this word...
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/opinion
...and see that it is based on uncertainty; therefore, any opinionated argument made ought to done so with the principle of uncertainty in mind, as the probabilities of the subject matter at hand could go off in unforeseen directions. That is the nature of 3-D life as we know it. Life in higher dimensions/densities (4-D, 5-D, etc to 8-D...and this is NOT opinion, mind you) have far less uncertainty in probabilities than in 3-D because the inhabitants have evolved beyond the 3-D worlds as we know them.
When I was a high-school student, I started a habit of carrying a dictionary wherever I went--no matter where, even on a date (I'd leave it in my backpack), so that if I wound up with to-be-wasted time, I'd break open the book and start reading where I last left off. I was mercilessly teased by my classmates, but they soon shut the ---k up when they saw my writings or tried to debate me on various issues, as I would throw in words that I knew that they did not know, lol.
I have asked people this question over the years: "If you were marooned on an island, what one book would you want to have on hand?" Many said, "Bible", "Playboy" (as if this one's a "book"!)and other books; not one has said "dictionary", which really has surprised me, since, to me, that's the ONE book that one would not wish to do without in any case. One could rebuild society on an island with just one quality dictionary (Webster's 2nd ed is the best, by far, as most dictionaries now have been doctored to favor the corporate/elite establishment heavily over the common people, including the latter editions of Websters). To this day I still carry a dictionary wherever I go and use it at places like DMV, banks, etc.
Anyway, the central point of this post is for the posters to carefully consider the frequent good merit in the arguments/opinions of others and recognize the underlying uncertainty in nearly any POV, even ones that are based on facts, such as sports stats. This thread is not to be construed to be an attack on the mods in any way.
It is always good to apply the classic Golden Rule in any of your interactions with others, beit verbal or written. The Golden Rule is a reflection of the Law of Distortion/Law of Free Will that undergirds all realities in this galaxy as we know it (each galaxy has its own ground rules governing realities contained therein).
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