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offline Zen Storm from St. Charles (United States) on 2003-01-08 03:47 [#00506137]
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I must admit that I am a knowledge snob....I believe that
philosophy is the only thing worth my time, seeing business
as a waste of time, as it is only beneficial here and now.
What do you guys think of the hiearchy of knowledge?


 

offline Alliat from Kópavogur (Iceland) on 2003-01-08 03:49 [#00506138]
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what's hiearchy?


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-08 03:53 [#00506139]
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Improving your knowledge and yourself is much more important
that materialistic values.


 

offline Zen Storm from St. Charles (United States) on 2003-01-08 03:56 [#00506143]
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yeah spikeee I think that is only natural....but one may
'improve themselves ' by majoring in business in college,
but I think that is a waste of knowledge


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-08 03:58 [#00506145]
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Hmm, I meant improving your body and mind. I was a bit lax
in what I said. I have no desire to earn loads of money (If
I did I'd use it to enrich others lives) but I do desire to
tune into the real undiscovered parts of my mind rather then
buy lots of console games. I don't watch TV also.


 

offline Red from Hell (New Zealand) on 2003-01-08 04:02 [#00506148]
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It can depend on things like where you are placed on maslows
theory needs and what particular aspect of your life gives
you the most satisfaction at a particular stage of your
life. For myself having lived through some tough times I now
prefer for myself to live well and be happy and comfortable
in my life.


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-08 04:04 [#00506150]
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That avatar looks slightly erotic in an alerting way.


 

offline Red from Hell (New Zealand) on 2003-01-08 04:09 [#00506155]
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Is it the monkey

or

is it the banana? :-P


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2003-01-08 04:09 [#00506156]
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Knowledge is power. And other cliches...


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-08 04:15 [#00506159]
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Both 0.0;


 

offline xceque on 2003-01-08 04:41 [#00506191]
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I'm basically a lazy person and my sole motivation for the
pursuit of knowledge comes entirely by accident. I have no
desire to "further my education" (or at least any desire I
do have is quashed by the stronger desire to do nothing) but
when information comes my way, or is available in a
convenient form that I don't need to work to get, that's
fine.

Zen Storm, you might need to expand a little on your
question. How do you see the hierarchy of knowledge, what
is it to you?


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-01-08 04:49 [#00506197]
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"Zen Storm, you might need to expand a little on your
question. How do you see the hierarchy of knowledge, what
is it to you?"


Just like the knowledge heirarchy tree in the civilisation
games! ;)

I think your philosophy has to be happiness. Everything else
seems too wishy washy and highly absctracted to be worth
bothering with. Ignorance is bliss and all that.


 

offline Zen Storm from St. Charles (United States) on 2003-01-08 04:53 [#00506204]
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Ceri-Basically what I mean is where do people put their own
value of knowledge...is the knowledge one gains through
medical school superior to the knowledge I gain majoring in
philosophy at school? It seems to me that the knowledge
revealed through the study of thinking/reflection/and
principals of the universe seem to be the most important, as
when most people die this is what they revert back to.
Reflecting on life, wondering where their death will take
them etc. They don't think about microeconomics or new
medical drugs.


 


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