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Posts Tagged ‘Judgements

knowledge and intelligence

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“Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.” – Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Written by Jax

July 25, 2007 at 8:27 am

arguments and results

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“The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims b. They make arguments to support their claims with any number of points. But when their listeners remember the discussion, what matters is simply that X believes a and Y believes b. People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y.” – Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars

Written by Jax

June 23, 2006 at 9:45 am