User talk:Dreamsmith3553

So anyway, welcome to the wiki. I gotta say, I enjoyed reading your "wisdoms." RoseOfKali 05:18, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I like your user page. Though I gotta say The less intelligent someone is, the more likely they are to believe something is "obvious". Something that "any fool can see" is indeed seen most clearly by fools. Things are rarely obvious to intelligent people, because they can see all the complexities and alternatives and foresee extenuating circumstances that escape others. Anyone who can answer the question, "Which is more effective, X or Y?" quickly is not qualified to answer. The answer will almost certainly be long and in the form "Under A circumstances, X works better, under B circumstances, Y works better, and under C circumstances, X gives you P whereas Y gives Q and which is 'better' depends on whether you'd rather have P or Q." If I were about to go into surgery and someone said which is better a scalpel or a plastic knife I would answer pretty damn quickly. =P Just having some fun with you, and welcome to the wiki. [[Image:Spikeicon.png]]Tenetke Mekko 06:01, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Absolutely! That's a wonderful illustration of my point.  You had to throw in "if I were about to go into surgery".  If the question is, "Which is better, a scalpel or a plastic knife", the answer is, "That depends, are you going into surgery or are you buttering your bread?"  In A circumstances (going into surgery), X (the scalpel) works better, under B circumstances (going to the breakfast table), Y (the plastic knife) is probably the better bet.  :)
 * Ultimately, though, the point is that no one would argue with you about your use of the scalpel over the plastic knife in those circumstances -- people never argue about anything that's truly obvious. Thus, if you're arguing with someone over something, if you think you're obviously right, you probably don't understand something.  The most common reason someone thinks something is obvious during an argument is because they're missing something...
 * In politics in particular, if you can't explain why an intelligent and reasonable person, in full possession of all the facts, would take the opposite view you do, you do not in fact understand the problem. --Dreamsmith 19:49, 9 December 2008 (UTC)