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Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 5:55 pm
by uwot
Melchior wrote:There are three kinds of people in this world...people who can count, and people who cannot...
Then again: there are 10 kinds of people in this world. Those that understand binary, and those that don't.
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 7:40 pm
by Dalek Prime
uwot wrote:Melchior wrote:There are three kinds of people in this world...people who can count, and people who cannot...
Then again: there are 10 kinds of people in this world. Those that understand binary, and those that don't.
I have a Mensa puzzle book, which states in the title there are 1001 brain teasers in it. Yet I count more than 9.
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 8:17 pm
by Hobbes' Choice
thedoc wrote:There is a dumber group, and that is the false prophet who claims some phony credentials to validate himself.
Exactly
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 10:14 pm
by bobevenson
Hobbes' Choice wrote:thedoc wrote:There is a dumber group, and that is the false prophet who claims some phony credentials to validate himself.
Exactly
A false prophet is not a group, but the false prophets of our institutions that people like you so gullibly believe in are a group.
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 11:06 pm
by Dalek Prime
bobevenson wrote:Hobbes' Choice wrote:thedoc wrote:There is a dumber group, and that is the false prophet who claims some phony credentials to validate himself.
Exactly
A false prophet is not a group, but the false prophets of our institutions that people like you so gullibly believe in are a group.
No no. You misunderstand, Bob. They're saying you are as dumb as a 'grouper' fish.
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 11:15 pm
by thedoc
Dalek Prime wrote:bobevenson wrote:
A false prophet is not a group, but the false prophets of our institutions that people like you so gullibly believe in are a group.
No no. You misunderstand, Bob. They're saying you are as dumb as a 'grouper' fish.
So are you saying that Bob is groping for knowledge?
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 11:20 pm
by Philosophy Explorer
thedoc wrote:Dalek Prime wrote:bobevenson wrote:
A false prophet is not a group, but the false prophets of our institutions that people like you so gullibly believe in are a group.
No no. You misunderstand, Bob. They're saying you are as dumb as a 'grouper' fish.
So are you saying that Bob is groping for knowledge?
If he's not busy groping himself.
PhilX
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 11:33 pm
by Dalek Prime
Phil have a better answer than I could have doc lol!
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 9:38 pm
by bobevenson
thedoc wrote:So are you saying that Bob is groping for knowledge?
Please, divinely inspired prophets merely try to impart knowledge to the hoi polloi like yourself.
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 9:49 pm
by Philosophy Explorer
bobevenson wrote:thedoc wrote:So are you saying that Bob is groping for knowledge?
Please, divinely inspired prophets merely try to impart knowledge to the hoi polloi like yourself.
The operative words are "try to." That's why he keeps trying.
PhilX
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 10:49 pm
by thedoc
Philosophy Explorer wrote:bobevenson wrote:thedoc wrote:So are you saying that Bob is groping for knowledge?
Please, divinely inspired prophets merely try to impart knowledge to the hoi polloi like yourself.
The operative words are "try to." That's why he keeps trying.
PhilX
Yes, he's very trying.
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 10:51 pm
by thedoc
bobevenson wrote:thedoc wrote:So are you saying that Bob is groping for knowledge?
Please, divinely inspired prophets merely
try to impart knowledge to the hoi polloi like yourself.
Are you going to start, anytime soon?
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 10:52 pm
by Philosophy Explorer
thedoc wrote:Yes, he's very trying.
Very good doc.
PhilX
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 11:25 pm
by bobevenson
thedoc wrote:bobevenson wrote: Please, divinely inspired prophets merely try to impart knowledge to the hoi polloi like yourself.
Are you going to start anytime soon?
I started a long time ago, but it requires a herculean effort that offers little prospect for success, I must admit.
Re: The two dumbest groups of people in the world.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 11:54 pm
by Philosophy Explorer
bobevenson wrote:thedoc wrote:bobevenson wrote: Please, divinely inspired prophets merely try to impart knowledge to the hoi polloi like yourself.
Are you going to start anytime soon?
I started a long time ago, but it requires a herculean effort that offers little prospect for success, I must admit.
Time to take up knitting.
PhilX