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I'm sorry about your memory problem, but I think you're being a little sensitive. OP's point was simple: if you believe in yourself, you'll be in a better posit
by smokeyj 13y ago
I'm sorry about your memory problem, but I think you're being a little sensitive. OP's point was simple: if you believe in yourself, you'll be in a better position to succeed. No, this doesn't guarantee success. But it's better than not believing you can. You're correct, your crippled grandma won't be able to walk because she believes she can. Unfortunately that wasn't OP's point.
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- smokeyj 13y agoThe point was anyone can improve themselves by believing they can. Anyone can do that. While your nitpick is technically true, it serves little purpose besides inflating your under compensated ego. This seems to be a recurring theme on HN, where people point out irrelevant nitpicks as if I couldn't do that myself.
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- gems 13y agoHere's the lesson: if you have a point to make, please don't fit in extraneous claims, which are much debated themselves, into your argument or comment. It's not hard to see that they can be confused as being part of your point. > This seems to be a recurring theme on HN, where people point out irrelevant nitpicks as if I couldn't do that myself. I will say this again: there is nothing wrong with nitpicking. If you can't be technically correct, then you're not correct.
- smtddr 13y agoI know I'm going to sound crazy, but sometimes I really wonder if "mind over matter" can make things that we've been made to believe impossible, is actually possible. Like, what if we could willpower ourselves out of a disability that even medical-science claims is impossible. Maybe we all just have to believe "there is no spoon". I'll admit that from time to time I try to move small objects by focusing on them. Maybe I watch too much anime...