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Because unnecessarily offending people is not the best way to win friends.
by DrJokepu 16y ago
Because unnecessarily offending people is not the best way to win friends.
- bambax 16y agoIs commenting about making friends? Isn't finding the truth more important? Strong analogies are a way (not the only way, but a way) to do that.
- DrJokepu 16y agoI believe making friends (and not making enemies) is simply the most important skill you can have. More important than being clever or hardworking. And I also don't think that analogies are a very good way to discover truth as they often oversimplify a situation and take things out of context, hence implying the wrong conclusions.
- alextgordon 16y agoAnalogies help understanding. There's a reason math textbooks have worked examples, instead of merely a list of definitions and proofs. Understanding is considerably more difficult in a vacuum.
- points 16y ago> "I believe making friends (and not making enemies) is simply the most important skill you can have. More important than being clever or hardworking." Reminds me of an old boss of mine. He was hiring for the team, and when asked what the main skillset needed was for the new positions, he answered "They must get on well with the team". So, lo and behold, few months later we had a few new employees who were nice people, good fun even, but absolutely incompetent at their jobs.
- swombat 16y agoI don't think he was trying to win friends.
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