I am concerned with the level of articulation (not the people who fail
to articulate...let them eat cake). If the nature of the internet is
articulation, then those who cannot articulate should do what they
excell at.
And the real issue is what (besides intelligence...which we are all born
with unless handicapped at birth)...what ecourages a person to be
inarticulate? Seems that articulation is "definition" (as in being
"definite"). An inability to express oneself is a social failure which
places the acceptance of people higher than the expression of truth.
Due to this social focus, there is an anti-intellectual bias...and a
poly-theistic version of relative truths.
When all truths are relative (you have your opinion, I have mine...not),
then there is no way to articulate a definite position. When emotions
are the focus instead of logic, then the ability to articulate that
which has been defined (as opposed to the emotional "grey" areas) is
decreased.
When the web becomes a social areana (instead of one better suited for
people who can articulate who they are); then, the content of such
groups as these will degenerate to mud-slinging and popularity contests.
Brett Lane Robertson
Indiana, USA
www.window.to/mindrec
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