By all means, any of us can have a gap in our education. That was a
point I was making in my other message about whether there is such a
thing as a stupid question. If it is an honest question asked in an
attempt to learn it is not a stupid question. Sometimes it can be a bit
frustrating when you realize that in order to answer it in a way that
the questioner will understand you will have to start educating that
person from an elementary school level and I, for one, cannot do that.
However, if it is an honest question asked with the intention of
learning I can try to do my best to answer. However, an honest attempt
to learn is not what Mostafa is doing with his ignorant questions and
pronouncements. He proudly shows his ignorance in order to discredit
entire branches of science. He shows his ignorance in order to discredit
me. At least that is what he is trying to do. But he manages to actually
ask questions that have to be called stupid questions. They are stupid
because when he gets an answer he refuses to accept it. He just keeps
repeating the ignorance that he has been caught up in. That is a refusal
to learn. It is just a hostile act. And what he discredits more than
anything is himself.
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Voltaire
??? Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
???
??? Voltaire,
On 7/21/2019 1:02 PM, Carl Jarvis wrote:
It's frustrating. But I would point out that any of us can have a gap
in our education, or a lack of ability to grasp information that is
well understood by other people.
The value of an opinion based list, such as this one should be, that
we can expose our lack of education and receive positive guidance
without feeling threatened or put down. But that calls for an open
mind on our part, and understanding people who give their information
and opinions in a helpful and caring manner.
Carl Jarvis...who has learned a great deal through interaction on this list.
On 7/20/19, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I just had to tell you guys about this. This sounds exactly like
something Mostafa would say. There is a Facebook discussion group on the
subject of science that I subscribe to. It is open to all, but I would
expect that people who would subscribe would have some interest in
science and so would have some kind of knowledge of science even if only
rudimentary. Apparently that is not the case. Someone just showed up and
said that we all know that combustion requires the presence of oxygen,
so is there oxygen in the sun to make combustion take place there? Some
others started to give answers explaining that chemical combustion takes
place in the presence of oxygen, but that what is happening in the sun
is nuclear fusion. Personally, it seems to me that if a person could
seriously ask that question then it is unlikely that he would understand
such answers. I would not be surprised if he did not even know what
nuclear fusion is. I did not even bother to try to answer him. With
someone like that the only way to give a good answer would be to go back
to elementary science class and teach him that and to continue to teach
him until he finally reached a point that he could understand. This is
exactly how I feel when Mostafa asks questions like, if we descended
from monkeys then why are there still monkeys? How can you give a
meaningful answer to someone that ignorant? It is exasperating. It is
also similar to another one I saw once. I don't know if this was
supposed to be a joke, but if it wasn't it is about just as
exasperating. Someone from Nigeria once asked, if the Earth really
rotates then why am I still in Nigeria?
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Voltaire
??? Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit
atrocities. ???
??? Voltaire,
