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RE: The Teacher Within
July 1, 2016 at 2:54 pm
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(July 1, 2016 at 2:47 pm)Spirian Wrote: (July 1, 2016 at 2:45 pm)Rhythm Wrote: As I said, it seems to be more an issue of comfort than certainty.
Indeed. So the bottom line is... By what standard do we select our mentors? Echo chamber anyone?
That couldn't be answered on anything other than a case by case basis, could it? A great many disagreements boil down to our differing standards, and our disparate means of selecting them. In context, an echo chamber is right on point.
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RE: The Teacher Within
July 1, 2016 at 2:57 pm
(July 1, 2016 at 2:49 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: How is it not dumb? Do you have any good answer to your own question, for example?
Do you understand what a theoretical exercise is and why they are undertaken?
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RE: The Teacher Within
July 8, 2016 at 8:31 pm
(July 1, 2016 at 2:51 pm)Spirian Wrote: (July 1, 2016 at 2:48 pm)TheRealJoeFish Wrote: The ability to efficiently discern when one would be rewarded by solving a problem on one's own, as opposed to when one would be unable to advance without external guidance, is a rare and valuable skill.
Indeed. I believe all people have this ability, and have abdicated it to others.
Consider that the root of the word education is educe, which means to bring out that which is within. Our brains are really big. Some of the things we know ate too deep in our subconscious to be readily available to our conscious mind. So a good educator is someone who can bring that deeper knowledge to where we can access it.
Rhythm is right as far as he goes, but I’d like to take what he said a little further. Comfort is often based on experience. I can’t say there’s a failsafe standard we can trust to work every time in every circumstance. Such would give fiat credulity instead of using our brains in a situation.
If I choose to follow someone else’s advice, that is still my choice, so I take responsibility for it if it doesn’t work out right. I learn what I need to learn and move on. If I make a mistake, it’s not the first, and it won’t be my last, but at least, I gained something.
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RE: The Teacher Within
July 8, 2016 at 8:33 pm
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I have found that the best teacher for me is myself.
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RE: The Teacher Within
July 9, 2016 at 11:41 am
(July 8, 2016 at 8:33 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: I have found that the best teacher for me is myself. True. I sometimes ask the advice of others in order to get a new perspective on things, but the advice of others is to be taken into consideration, not canonized.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
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