Posted by Bartholomew (63.214.84.3) on May 04, 2002 at 18:50:25:
In Reply to: I think we should strive for harmony and peace as we respect one another's individuality and differences. posted by KJ Always (209.214.15.59) on May 04, 2002 at 17:17:57:
Listen, I am quickly losing respect for you. You proselytize about being nice to other people no matter what, while in the same paragraph, the same SENTENCE sometimes, insulting me.
Yes, I have a large ego. With reason. I have an IQ in the 150s, my PSAT scores were perfect 80s on math and verbal and 76 out of 80 on writing skills (and I just did the SAT I today, on which I expect a score of 1600 or very close to it), and I have a proven reasoning ability that is responsible for the creation of an entire philosophy of reality, most of which I've posted on this site over the past year and a half. I'm in all honors level classes. I skipped Algebra II by doing an independent study in it, which means I'm in Calculus a year ahead of my class. On the "SAT II: Mathematics IIC" test (basically a standardized precalculus exam), I received a 780 out of 800, and I'm planning to retake the exam this year to get an 800. I discovered an error on the MCAS test in 10th grade, for which I received a commendation from the Massachusetts Senate. I have PLENTY of reason to consider myself right and other people wrong when we disagree.
You also have a large ego, as evidenced by your readiness to judge others. However, as far as I can tell from talking to you, you have no reason to have such an ego. You spout irrelevant anecdotes and stream-of-thought ramblings, amidst which you hide numerous blatant reasoning errors and internal inconsistencies. You fail to understand what I'm saying to more than a vague extent, and you fail to understand that you do this. Your worst trait is the tendency towards intellectual prejudice, not that I expect you to know what that term means.
I am not going to go through and respond to anything you were saying. I would like to, but I'm sorry to say that my efforts would be wasted on you. You probably don't even really understand what this rant is all about.
I have two pieces of advice for you: Go get an unbiased worldview, and learn to recognize when you don't know what you're talking about.