Re: Blah blah

Posted by Tchenier on June 19, 2001 at 22:12:03:

In Reply to: Blah blah posted by Bartholomew on June 19, 2001 at 21:05:56:

: I haven't been posting recently. I had a large amount of academic work to do, as the school year was ending, but that is not really the reason. For the most part, I had enough time to post on this board. I had enough time to play an hour or so of solitaire every day (which I never played before--solitaire seems to be acting as a proxy time consumer for the Enneagram).

: A lack of subject matter is also not the reason why I haven't been posting. I can see a few recent topics that might have interested me, and in the past week or so I thought of a few interesting ideas that relate to intelligence and had a powerful psychological experience.

: The real reason was just that the idea of discussion was not interesting. It still isn't. I am posting this only because the school year is now over, I'm bored, and I don't like permanently abandoning anything. Somehow, the interaction did not seem worth the effort.

: Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I think it's a good thing. I am learning not to care what other people think.

Ya, I suppose. The thoughts of most people are not that interesting in terms of thier actual content. Reactions are often interesting though. They offer a truer picture of motivations if you know how to interpret them. To achieve reactions I prefer a method that is something akin to what in electrical engineering is referred to as a dirac delta function. A sharp pointed jab to sound out the transfer function. But not caring can also be good just as a general condition. I find that I go through phases of introversion where I just want to process. For some reason I am finding this posting messages business to be ratther entertaining right now.

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