Sapiens Fear Extinction with Insignificance

[Kilroy_x]

Re: Sapiens Fear Extinction with Insignificance

The discussion forum is a great place to become conscious of ideas but is a lousy place to acquire knowledge. To become knowledgable one needs to go to the books.

I'm not sure I agree with this. Source texts are unbeatable when it comes to information acquisition, but at the same time without some form of discourse the meaning of the information is often lost on the reader.

If you were to actually use this forum to discuss the ideas in these books you would be doing an infinitely greater service than you are now, which is just to repeat the content of the books.

[coberst]

Re: Sapiens Fear Extinction with Insignificance

Kilroy

Writing essays is a great way to learn, I have found. Of course one must write an essay in order to communicate on the web.

[Kilroy_x]

Re: Sapiens Fear Extinction with Insignificance

You're missing the critical distinction. Essays are simply a way of communicating your thoughts. When you turn them in for review, they get 1 response. They're a one shot deal.

With dialogue, you can contest each individual point, and do so for as long as neccessary until a conclusion has been reached. Something that might be dismissed upon initial review might be later clarified and accepted.

I've found that conversations with college professors can often be more enlightening than classes with them.