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scrapser · 08-23-10, 12:43 PM

There's an old saying that you can't win an argument with an ignorant person. Think about it for a bit and you will see the wisdom of this statement and stay out of such mental traps.

Socrates said it well with his famous quote, "He who knows not and knows not that he knows not...".

08-23-10, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by scrapser

There's an old saying that you can't win an argument with an ignorant person. Think about it for a bit and you will see the wisdom of this statement and stay out of such mental traps.

Socrates said it well with his famous quote, "He who knows not and knows not that he knows not...".

If everyone would keep it that way, i don't believe we would have traveled to the moon and back. Thats the sad part on this.

For the native speakers among us: was that the right tense?

Dowly · 08-23-10, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by scrapser

Socrates said it well with his famous quote, "He who knows not and knows not that he knows not...".

Don't know, I prefer Rumsfeld, "There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. These are things we do not know we don’t know."

08-23-10, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Don't know, I prefer Rumsfeld, "There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. These are things we do not know we don’t know."

WAAAAAAAAAAAH!

I think that is the worst tongue-twister i ever tried.

Dowly · 08-23-10, 01:08 PM

Sailor Steve · 08-23-10, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by KarlKoch

WAAAAAAAAAAAH!

I think that is the worst tongue-twister i ever tried.

"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
-Robert McCloskey

SteamWake · 08-23-10, 02:57 PM

Wow such dramma. So much so it compelled a 'new' thread to re-hash the previous drama.

Amazing.

08-23-10, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
-Robert McCloskey

I am pretty sure i realized what you said with the quote before.

However, i was unable to say that sentence. English is not my native language, so please bear that in mind when i say it is a tongue-twister (for me).

DavyJonesFootlocker · 08-23-10, 03:55 PM

Wow, I missed all the action. I was too busy learning manual targeting.

CaptainMattJ. · 08-23-10, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Don't know, I prefer Rumsfeld, "There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. These are things we do not know we don’t know."

i heard that on the boondocks.

And FINALLY MY WISHES ARE GRANTED. i asked so many times for it to die and its happened! PRAISE THE LORD!.........And while your at it pass the ammunition.

sergei · 08-23-10, 01:25 PM

I believe you are thinking of a different thread CaptainMattJ.

janh · 08-23-10, 01:33 PM

Oh, too bad, it was fun watching that poor fellow with his pressures and blurb showing his self-confidence filling his lack of knowledge. Give him a couple of years to get older, and learn basic physics... hydrostatics is not a difficult topic, and can even be "interesting" when it comes to Bernoulli's principle affecting two adjacent mass bodies... like two ships passing each other too closely, or a person to close to a driving train or truck.

Lord Justice · 08-23-10, 01:47 PM

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Oh, too bad, it was fun watching that poor fellow with his pressures and blurb showing his self-confidence filling his lack of knowledge. Give him a couple of years to get older

Fun you say? fun indeed!! was it really? blurb? are you my good sir showing us such said examples of civilty? with your, pardon my manner, "Blurb" Have you debated with 5 + members at same time?? Trust me, it is not much to be admired at.

thank you and good day.

Takeda Shingen · 08-23-10, 01:49 PM

Come on guys, don't make me close this one too.

The Management

CaptainMattJ. · 08-23-10, 02:00 PM

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I believe you are thinking of a different thread CaptainMattJ.

oh yea its that warm thread. still useless threads need to DIE
just like this 1

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