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Strong desire to understand.

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Strong desire to understand.
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RE: Strong desire to understand.
September 14, 2016 at 4:37 am
(September 11, 2016 at 5:56 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: How strong is your desire to understand? Do you struggle to agree with what you do not understand? Do you feel like you need to understand everything? Do you hate condescension?

Wondering how many peeps can relate to this.

I have a strong desire to understand, find it difficult to agree or disagree with matters in which I have little or no understanding, and don't feel the need or desire to understand everything; it's impossible. 

I generally have no issue with people who demonstrate actual expertise simplifying explanations for me in an effort to help me understand particularly complex matters, but I do take issue when such explanations are presented in a demeaning, disdainful, condescending manner.

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Strong desire to understand. - by Edwardo Piet - September 11, 2016 at 5:56 am
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by Thumpalumpacus - September 11, 2016 at 6:05 am
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by A Handmaid - September 11, 2016 at 6:14 am
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by paulpablo - September 11, 2016 at 6:29 am
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by robvalue - September 11, 2016 at 6:41 am
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by Aoi Magi - September 11, 2016 at 6:46 am
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by robvalue - September 11, 2016 at 7:03 am
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - September 12, 2016 at 10:55 pm
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by Excited Penguin - September 14, 2016 at 12:08 am
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by vorlon13 - September 12, 2016 at 11:20 pm
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by Primordial Bisque - September 12, 2016 at 11:47 pm
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by Little lunch - September 13, 2016 at 12:01 am
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by bennyboy - September 13, 2016 at 2:45 am
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by Alex K - September 13, 2016 at 3:24 am
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by bennyboy - September 13, 2016 at 9:55 pm
RE: Strong desire to understand. - by Athene - September 14, 2016 at 4:37 am

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