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To: epicure who wrote (57442)	9/9/2002 6:08:38 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) of 82486

That's a good point. One does have to wonder whether Neocon pontificates in his 3D conversations to the degree he does in his cyber communications. My experience here is that he very seldom engages in back-and-forth banter, in the exchange of one-liners which is the nearest substitute we have here to casual 3D conversations. Another aspect of cyber communication is that it is much easier to look intelligent about something you really know little about. I mentioned Titus Andronicus a bit back. I'm sure some (many?) posters have never read the play -- I hadn't, and I have read more Shakespeare than many people have. If I had made that remark at, say, a dinner table, anyone who had not read the play would be in trouble trying to sound erudite. But here, a postere can take a few moments to Google the play and come up with one or two insights that woudl make it seem as thought hey had indeed read and thought about it. So what we see here, when discussing many subjects, is not what a person knows so much as how good a quick study they are. One can fake it much better here than in 3D, presenting a very different sense of what one really knows.

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