Europe, the not boring thread

[StCapps]

Tell me when Thatcher drove Route 66, or made a movie, or stuck her finger up the ass of a Middle-aged guy to see if he had prostate cancer. All knowledge is mixed together for wisdom and self-awareness lets me understand my motives.

None of that has anything to do with how to best help the losers, or how to best reduce income inequality, your point is irrelevant.

[Martin Hash]

I am the Wysest Myn in the Wyrld. I frankly don’t give a fuck if anyone else thinks so or not, nor do I expect them to, but I won’t entertain that dead people are wiser than me.

[StCapps]

I am the Wysest Myn in the Wyrld. I frankly don’t give a fuck if anyone else thinks so or not, nor do I expect them to, but I won’t entertain that dead people were wiser than me.

Being the wisest doesn't mean you know best in every situation. It is not wise to dismiss everyone who isn't as wise as you when they disagree with you and have a better argument than you do, that's how you stop learning, and allow others to close the wisdom gap.

[Martin Hash]

No one ever convinces anyone of anything but I am entertained by Smitty’s poetry.

[StCapps]

No one ever convinces anyone of anything but I am entertained by Smitty’s poetry.

Most aren't, but I am convinced by others quite often when they simply have a better argument than me and clearly know more about something than I do, it allows me to become wiser.

[Martin Hash]

For the record, anyone who reads this forum knows I morph to accept a better argument. How could I claim wisdom otherwise?

[StCapps]

For the record, anyone who reads this forum knows I morph to accept a better argument. How could I claim wisdom otherwise?

Sometimes you do, but you have your blinders, like everyone else, wisdom helps you accept better arguments more often than most, but not always. Everyone is affected by confirmation bias, even the Wysest Man in the World.

When it's an idea you've grown particularly attached to and consider it to be part of your identity, you stop listening to anyone who disagrees though.

[Martin Hash]

That’s a wise, insightful statement. Wisdom is not perfection.

[Smitty-48]

What good is wisdom if you lose the war and get overrun? Nobody remembers the wisdom of the defeated.

[Martin Hash]

What good is wisdom if you lose the war and get overrun? Nobody remembers the wisdom of the defeated.

The problem I have is that neither side considers me their ally. When I say I’ll be one of the first “Disappeared,” I’m not being hyperbolic.