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To: carranza2 who wrote (58279)	11/24/2009 1:21:01 PM
From: Lazarus	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217936

24 The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. 25 How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks? 26 He giveth his mind to make furrows; and is diligent to give the kine fodder. 27 So every carpenter and workmaster, that laboureth night and day: and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, and give themselves to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish a work: 28 The smith also sitting by the anvil, and considering the iron work, the vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace: the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh; he setteth his mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly: 29 So doth the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is alway carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number; 30 He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet; he applieth himself to lead it over; and he is diligent to make clean the furnace: 31 All these trust to their hands: and every one is wise in his work. 32 Without these cannot a city be inhabited: and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down: 33 They shall not be sought for in publick counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken. 34 But they will maintain the state of the world, and [all] their desire is in the work of their craft.

To: carranza2 who wrote (58279)	11/24/2009 1:50:47 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 217936

Of course C2, brain power is a necessary but not sufficient condition. But having the right stuff is the essential starting point. Having read Ted Kaczynski's manifesto, I wouldn't say he was all that smart. Pretty good of course but not really the right stuff. More of a good learner - some people are good at learning lots of things and they pass exams really easily. Google is like that. But their thinking and imagination are not so hot. Educationalists even call students "learners" these days. Success at school and in so-called "education" comes from the ability to sit for hours, days, weeks, months and years learning irrelevant stuff such as lists of dates and famous people such as the names of founding mothers and fathers, Benjamin Washington, how to cross the Delawhere, how bad the redcoats were charging taxes on hard-working Americans and having kings called George taking that money and waging wars around the world. <I am sure that you, like me, know men and women who were blessed with huge intellects, who left you dazzled with their insight and ability who got top grades without trying very hard, but did not amount to much over the years > Actually, no. I can't say I do. I know a few who fell by the wayside, who could have done some good things if not for emotional disruption, drugs and dopey ideology. Mqurice