Attn. SDN - an issue I'd like to resolve
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:01 am
How y'all. If you're wondering why this is here, well this is the only place I know of where SDN people reside, and where I can post a subject like this, since SB.com has a rule against such threads.
This isn't really a thread to call anyone out or anything, but to settle an issue I've seen crop up on SDN a few times since my departure there. It has to do with a line I typed in one of my last posts there which has, as far as I can tell, been misquoted and twisted, and I'd like to settle this.
I can't quote the text in question since the thread resides in SDNs HoS, but I'll try to type it as best I can from memory (even though this is at least a year or so old). IIRC, I said:
"I'm more then willing to learn new things, but if it requires months of research or learning an entire subject just to answer a question relating to a small issue on Star Trek, then I'm not going to bother."
Whatever the actual text was, ever since it's been used by SDNers to mean I'm not willing to ever learn something new, or learn science. I've seen it come up a few times in threads over there, and I'd like to get this done with once and for all.
Now first, I'd like to ask if any of the SDN residents might be able to find the actual quote and post it here, as I'd like to know if my memory of it is accurate or not. I don't know which thread it was in, but it was one of the last couple of threads I participated in.
I suppose this isn't a thread to really debate anything, I just want this issue brought to light so it can be dealt with once and for all.
Now I suppose if someone feels my above position pertainng to having to do extensive studies on a subject to learn more about how to figure out certain things in Trek is stupid, then I suppose we can debate that. I'll state for the record that I'm quite willing to learn new things, even to figure out how to better understand things in Trek. My particular issue was with the amount of research and the length of time it'd take to learn certain things to grasp some of these concepts. There's a point where I consider things reasonable and ok, and a point where I'd consider it a tad bit overboard to do all that work when my only goal is to learn about such a relatively small issue like some aspect of Star Trek. Nowhere did I say learning for the sake of learning is wasteful or something I wouldn't want to do.
Anyways, let's see how this turns out. So... anyone? :)
This isn't really a thread to call anyone out or anything, but to settle an issue I've seen crop up on SDN a few times since my departure there. It has to do with a line I typed in one of my last posts there which has, as far as I can tell, been misquoted and twisted, and I'd like to settle this.
I can't quote the text in question since the thread resides in SDNs HoS, but I'll try to type it as best I can from memory (even though this is at least a year or so old). IIRC, I said:
"I'm more then willing to learn new things, but if it requires months of research or learning an entire subject just to answer a question relating to a small issue on Star Trek, then I'm not going to bother."
Whatever the actual text was, ever since it's been used by SDNers to mean I'm not willing to ever learn something new, or learn science. I've seen it come up a few times in threads over there, and I'd like to get this done with once and for all.
Now first, I'd like to ask if any of the SDN residents might be able to find the actual quote and post it here, as I'd like to know if my memory of it is accurate or not. I don't know which thread it was in, but it was one of the last couple of threads I participated in.
I suppose this isn't a thread to really debate anything, I just want this issue brought to light so it can be dealt with once and for all.
Now I suppose if someone feels my above position pertainng to having to do extensive studies on a subject to learn more about how to figure out certain things in Trek is stupid, then I suppose we can debate that. I'll state for the record that I'm quite willing to learn new things, even to figure out how to better understand things in Trek. My particular issue was with the amount of research and the length of time it'd take to learn certain things to grasp some of these concepts. There's a point where I consider things reasonable and ok, and a point where I'd consider it a tad bit overboard to do all that work when my only goal is to learn about such a relatively small issue like some aspect of Star Trek. Nowhere did I say learning for the sake of learning is wasteful or something I wouldn't want to do.
Anyways, let's see how this turns out. So... anyone? :)