humourless
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Some points of view lack intellectual rigor. Or don't stand the test of logic. But nevertheless they are interesting. And capture our imagination.
This is what I think JP was getting at. Don't look at things from one standpoint only. Respect scientific reason but don't be a slave to it. Use statistics now and then but don't let that be your only source of inspiration.
Well JP gets into archetypes and imaginative narratives. This what is makes him interesting. if he were just using statistics I would be bored silly. And many others may feel the same.
I was having a debate with a brother last night. He is a logic and stats hound. If the debate veers off that narrow path he gets annoyed. I can feel suffocated. Exhausted. Especially with someone who treats every conversation as a contest. He is a pretty smart guy but after a while I find his pov limited and unimaginative.
Sometimes an off the wall opinion will get my attention. Ok the proud centrists will come the fore "it depends on the context and situation" as if their mature view is the final word. But I think we owe the ones who go out on a limb and express a strong opinion. They got the rest of us thinking at least. Do I agree with them? Why or why not?
This is what I think JP was getting at. Don't look at things from one standpoint only. Respect scientific reason but don't be a slave to it. Use statistics now and then but don't let that be your only source of inspiration.
Well JP gets into archetypes and imaginative narratives. This what is makes him interesting. if he were just using statistics I would be bored silly. And many others may feel the same.
I was having a debate with a brother last night. He is a logic and stats hound. If the debate veers off that narrow path he gets annoyed. I can feel suffocated. Exhausted. Especially with someone who treats every conversation as a contest. He is a pretty smart guy but after a while I find his pov limited and unimaginative.
Sometimes an off the wall opinion will get my attention. Ok the proud centrists will come the fore "it depends on the context and situation" as if their mature view is the final word. But I think we owe the ones who go out on a limb and express a strong opinion. They got the rest of us thinking at least. Do I agree with them? Why or why not?