On May 19, 3:45*am, Le Chaud Lapin wrote:
On May 18, 8:36*am, terry wrote:





On May 18, 11:01*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote: Third, and most likely alternative: he's just stupid.

MX is many things. Persistent, stubborn, blunt, thick-skinned, willing to
argue that black-eyed-peas are really black-eyed-beans, yes. * Occasionally
annoying, often entertaining (mostly because of the responses he obtains),
always willing to come back for more. *He's like a Weebil that won't fall
down.

But stupid? * I don't think so.
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I agree , definately not stupid, probably well above average IQ .A
vertible human sponge of information. But sadly lacking the social
skills necessary to function in any meaningful way to be be able to do
anything useful with the knowledge he has soaked up. *The problem with
getting all of your information from books *and the internet as
distinct from actually doing anything in real life is that you just
dont know what you dont know. *You and I could read 100 books on
neurosurgery but we would realise from our other life experiences that
it would be futile to get into an argument with a neurosurgeon on how
to perform a labotomy. *But not our Anthony, he just doesnt have the
life experience outside his virtural existance to realise just how
little he really knows about anything. Its sad really. *I wish I could
help him, its a shame some local pilot hasnt tried to take him under
their wing and give him a taste of real life.
Terry

Umm...no.

You started out this paragraph in defense of Mx, and then make a
retraction midway through:

You write:

A
vertible human sponge of information. But sadly lacking the social
skills necessary to function in any meaningful way to be be able to do
anything useful with the knowledge he has soaked up.

Then you write:

But not our Anthony, he just doesnt have the
life experience outside his virtural existance to realise just how
little he really knows about anything

So first you imply that he knows much (relatively speaking). *Then you
imply that he knows little (relatively speaking).

Which is it?

What I am saying is that he knows lots of stuff, but does not know how
to connect it together or use it in any practical way, or in context
as others have put it. In just about any endeavour there is a
body of know how that you just wont get from reading. No matter how
much information he reads and even retains about flying, he would not
be able to fly a real plane without learning physically how to fly a
real plane, because he knows so little about flying a real plane.
Terry