get-n-birdy wrote:lanyard wrote:Seems there is a faction in this great nation of ours that can only measure the productive elements of society in a manner consistent with direct labor, regardless of how productive that labor is or isn't. Such that, if applied in on sense, a person that spends a lot of time reading, studying, and then regurgitating what they read or studies, is somehow more productive than anyone that might give similar attention to original thought and creativity.
*Ahem*, the Preacher knowing more Bible verses does not equal the Preacher being more versed in the Bible, so to speak.
So what you're saying is, sometimes, some educated work, is not really work or educated, effective, efficient, useful work, even though it is portrayed and scripted to seem as such?
Nah bro~ I'm saying that regurgitating other people's thoughts/ideas isn't actual knowledge. Getting "A" a like all the other good boys might only mean you C&P your way through a test. It doesn't require rigor or thought. Seeking alternatives to established knowledge is often riskier, and you are less likely to get an "A". I tend to think the good followers judge others based on their agreement/disagreement with establishment. It always cracks me up to see those people change their position to whatever the NEW establishment doctrine becomes.
DA did it a couple weeks in his article on C&R Bass Season: the same logic in comparing MN bass to WI bass is the same logic proponents of early teal in MN have done. Fouler does it every week with some C&P and odd authoritarian vibe (see: Free Pine Woodduck Houses thread).
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
What Nick discovers on this reflection is that critical thought is a necessary part of the human element and it is quite different than criticism~ for those that are often held up as the standard of success are the least admirable. Where Jay fell short in his methods of achieving success he was more pure of heart, and where Daisy and Tom, who defined traditional success, were incapable of embracing a broader world view and willing to leave others to clean up their messes.