03-09-2009, 11:16 AM
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#39 (permalink)
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Banned
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Originally Posted by lurkette
The issue is not whether your opinion is factually correct or not. The issue is whether you would rather make damn sure people know that you're smart and you know The Facts, or whether you'd rather keep the peace. There are times when standing up for the truth really does matter - when a friend is hurting him/herself, when people are making big decisions with the wrong information, etc. There are other times when you have to ask yourself whether being right is worth alienating other people. You can be an idealist and insist that you're just doing ignorant people a favor by educating them, but it's going to be mightly lonely at the top of the intellectual food chain. My advice: pick your battles. Learn to tell the difference between offering information as a service to people who care and want advice, and being an insufferable know-it-all.
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Exactly. +1
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