Re: If Kerry is elected...

From: Fred Bloggs (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/16/04


Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 05:45:41 GMT


John Larkin wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 05:12:05 GMT, Fred Bloggs <nospam@nospam.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>John Larkin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>That's what any good manager does. Only insecure people insist on
>>>surrounding themselves by people who are dumber than they are.
>>>
>>>John
>>
>>What's this smarter/dumber stuff- what kind of insecure idiot would even
>>make a comparison with himself like that? It's about as relevant as
>>wondering "is he/she taller than me?"- pathetic.
>
>
> You don't believe that some people are smarter than others?

Once you cross a certain threshold of complexity, it is the performance
that matters. If the work is so specialized, you've personally lost the
ability to judge any other measure.

> If you
> don't, why do you keep calling people idiots?

I only call you and a few select others "idiots".

>
> I work with, and employ, people who have analytic and business skills
> far beyond anything I can ever hope to have. I let them do the heavy
> thinking. It's fun - usually - to work with very smart people.
>
> But everything I do is wrong, isn't it?

If that's what keeps your boat afloat then go for it.



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