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In article <87sssf$jo2$1@nntp2.atl.mindspring.net>,
  "Fletch F. Fletch" <fletch_f_fletch[NOSPAM]@mindspring.com> wrote:
> "S D Rodrian" <sdrodrian@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:87snmh$1tg$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> >
> >
> > In article <87mvu2$hph$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net>,
> >   "Fletch F. Fletch" <fletch_f_fletch[NOSPAM]@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > > > You have got to find that particular post! I think I must have
> > > > repeated 400 times that intelligence is never as crucial as
> > > > knowledge: Any moron walking the streets today knows 1000s
> > > > of things Einstein could never even have imagined! Check it out
> > > > 4 yourself! I'm sure you can come up with any number of these.
> > >
> > > None of those morons, no matter his knowledge, could make the
> > > intuitive
> > > leaps that Einstein made.
> >
> > Somebody should have forced Einstein to actually
> > interpret observed facts more (he won a Nobel for that)
> > instead of "wasting his time" guessing so much.
>
> What?  First off, that has little to do with my statement.  Einstein
> made an
> intuitive leap that no one at the time made, nor is it likely that
> anyone
> would have for some decades.

Mmmm, boy; That's a tough misapprehension to deal with (but
suffice it to say that there have been plenty of accusations
that Einstein "burrowed" a great deal from many, many others).

>The genius does more with his knowledge
> base
> than the moron does.

But I'm (relatively) sure that, given the choice
you yourself would rather share a desert island with
a modern day moron than with a savage genius.

>Comparing knowledge bases 50 years apart does
> not seem
> particularly enlightening to me.

Maybe you need a fluorescent lamp in your room
in addition.

> > > I suggest that you try to prove your
> > > assertion
> > > "intelligence is never as crucial as knowledge" rigorously,
> > > keeping in
> > > mind
> > > that if you use too much intelligence, you will disprove it.
> > >
> > > Fletch
> >
> > Sure: Duh.... The stoneage guy/gal who invented the rope
> > was a GENIUS--But whoever "invents" a rope today
> > ... that "short-changed" person is probably in a mental
> > asylum "dimly" thinking of escape (at most).
>
> What is that supposed to be?  It sure isn't a proof of anything.  I am
> interested to see an actual attempt at proving intelligence is never
> as
> crucial as knowledge.

I would be wasting my knowledge on your intelligence.
There: Proved!

S D Rodrian
sdr@t-three.com
http://members.aol.com/prebigbang

P.S. Nothing personal, it's just the way the post worked out.

>
> Fletch





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