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Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 11:00:28 AM

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Intelligent and self-aware does not equal kind, honest, or sane.

So how often do those qualities go hand in hand?

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 12:00:56 PM

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I would say that there is absolutely no correlation between intelligence and any of the other traits listed. I'm not sure if self awareness leads to sanity...it might. There also might be a correlation between self awareness and kindness as in if someone is self aware, he or she might be able to feel compassion for someone or something. However, it would also not surprise me if someone like Ted Bundy had a high degree of self awareness.

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 12:25:50 PM

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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 12:55:58 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: stef

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

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Stef,

Inconceivable! (No, entirely possible. Which word?)

Axiom: "a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference" (www.m-w.com)

Sane: ok, how about I replace it with "non-deadly"? <g>

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 2:06:45 PM

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Intelligent and self-aware does not equal kind, honest, or sane.

So how often do those qualities go hand in hand?

Midear Shig-

One would like to think there is some relationship between compassion and intelligence- But the scary truth is that while most of the very intelligent people I know are kind, they might just be faking it.

I think that compassion- true compassion, the understanding of anothers world- is in the best interest of the indiviual.

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 2:51:31 PM

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ORIGINAL: shigglyboom

Inconceivable! (No, entirely possible. Which word?)

Axiom: "a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference" (www.m-w.com)

That's running a little fast and loose with the secondary definition. It's really more of a postulate than an axiom.

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 3:19:32 PM

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That's running a little fast and loose with the secondary definition. It's really more of a postulate than an axiom.

~stef

Me, run "fast and loose"? Oh ok, guilty!

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 3:53:57 PM

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Intelligent and self-aware does not equal kind, honest, or sane.

So how often do those qualities go hand in hand?

shigglyboom

Intelligence has no correlation to kind, never mind the rest of the qualities you listed. However, i have not met anyone who i considered self-aware who was not a giving soul.

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 3:56:41 PM

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Midear Shig-

One would like to think there is some relationship between compassion and intelligence- But the scary truth is that while most of the very intelligent people I know are kind, they might just be faking it.

I think that compassion- true compassion, the understanding of anothers world- is in the best interest of the indiviual.

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How true, Lawrence. Being greedy or cheap is a way of diminishing one's world; it bespeaks a lack of confidence and a needy spirit.

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 5:07:25 PM

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Intelligent and self-aware does not equal kind, honest, or sane.

So how often do those qualities go hand in hand?

I'd have to insist that intelligence doesn't necessarily mean self-awareness, nor the reverse.

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 5:20:39 PM

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I'd have to insist that intelligence doesn't necessarily mean self-awareness, nor the reverse.

Madam-

Excellent distinction- I wish I'd have come up with that

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/18/2005 6:10:48 PM

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Self aware taken too far becomes self absorbed. At that point negating all of the other positive qualities that may have been just below the surface waiting to blossom.

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/19/2005 3:06:37 AM

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RE: Shig's Axiom of the Week .2 - 12/19/2005 8:23:55 AM

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ORIGINAL: topcat

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Intelligent and self-aware does not equal kind, honest, or sane.

So how often do those qualities go hand in hand?

Midear Shig-

One would like to think there is some relationship between compassion and intelligence- But the scary truth is that while most of the very intelligent people I know are kind, they might just be faking it.

I think that compassion- true compassion, the understanding of anothers world- is in the best interest of the indiviual.

Stay warm,
Lawrence

Nicely said - I concur completely.

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