Jason Whitlock: "We Owe Jerry Jones (And Jimmy The Greek) An Apology"

[Costanza]

Get this Bell Curve bullshit thinking out of here. The late, great Stephan Jay Gould ripped that notion to shreds in the '90s.

Gonna have to look this up...

 

[Costanza]

The Making of an Expert
New research shows that outstanding performance is the product of years of deliberate practice and coaching, not of any innate talent or skill.
by K. Anders Ericsson, Michael J. Prietula, and Edward T. Cokely
Thirty years ago, two Hungarian educators, László and Klara Polgár, decided to challenge the popular assumption that women don’t succeed in areas requiring spatial thinking, such as chess. They wanted to make a point about the power of education. The Polgárs homeschooled their three daughters, and as part of their education the girls started playing chess with their parents at a very young age. Their systematic training and daily practice paid off. By 2000, all three daughters had been ranked in the top ten female players in the world. The youngest, Judit, had become a grand master at age 15, breaking the previous record for the youngest person to earn that title, held by Bobby Fischer, by a month. Today Judit is one of the world’s top players and has defeated almost all the best male players.
It’s not only assumptions about gender differences in expertise that have started to crumble. Back in 1985, Benjamin Bloom, a professor of education at the University of Chicago, published a landmark book, Developing Talent in Young People, which examined the critical factors that contribute to talent. He took a deep retrospective look at the childhoods of 120 elite performers who had won international competitions or awards in fields ranging from music and the arts to mathematics and neurology. Surprisingly, Bloom’s work found no early indicators that could have predicted the virtuosos’ success. Subsequent research indicating that there is no correlation between IQ and expert performance in fields such as chess, music, sports, and medicine has borne out his findings. The only innate differences that turn out to be significant—and they matter primarily in sports—are height and body size.
So what does correlate with success? One thing emerges very clearly from Bloom’s work: All the superb performers he investigated had practiced intensively, had studied with devoted teachers, and had been supported enthusiastically by their families throughout their developing years. Later research building on Bloom’s pioneering study revealed that the amount and quality of practice were key factors in the level of expertise people achieved. Consistently and overwhelmingly, the evidence showed that experts are always made, not born. These conclusions are based on rigorous research that looked at exceptional performance using scientific methods that are verifiable and reproducible. Most of these studies were compiled in The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance, published last year by Cambridge University Press and edited by K. Anders Ericsson, one of the authors of this article. The 900-page-plus handbook includes contributions from more than 100 leading scientists who have studied expertise and top performance in a wide variety of domains: surgery, acting, chess, writing, computer programming, ballet, music, aviation, firefighting, and many others.
The journey to truly superior performance is neither for the faint of heart nor for the impatient. The development of genuine expertise requires struggle, sacrifice, and honest, often painful self-assessment. There are no shortcuts. It will take you at least a decade to achieve expertise, and you will need to invest that time wisely, by engaging in “deliberate” practice—practice that focuses on tasks beyond your current level of competence and comfort. You will need a well-informed coach not only to guide you through deliberate practice but also to help you learn how to coach yourself. Above all, if you want to achieve top performance as a manager and a leader, you’ve got to forget the folklore about genius that makes many people think they cannot take a scientific approach to developing expertise. We are here to help you explode those myths.
Let’s begin our story with a little wine.

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Reminds me of Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers.

 

[Makkonnen]

Reminds me of Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers.

what gladwell talked about was apparent to most people with their eyes open

some in this thread should read him


http://www.bgol.us/board/showthread.php?t=473048

 

[Ill Paragraph]

Reminds me of Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers.

Peace,

Excellent book. Didn't get near the pub his previous two did. Wonder why

 

[Ill Paragraph]

what gladwell talked about was apparent to most people with their eyes open

some in this thread should read him


http://www.bgol.us/board/showthread.php?t=473048

Peace,

Exactly. It ain't hard to tell unless you really want to cling to the belief that "innate abilities" account for differences in personal/professional accomplishment.

 

[Makkonnen]

Peace,

Exactly. It ain't hard to tell unless you really want to cling to the belief that "innate abilities" account for differences in personal/professional accomplishment.

The whole "innate abilities" argument is a weapon of abusers and losers. Want to marginalize an enemy? Suggest they have a built-in flaw that can never be removed or repaired. It worked for America and Nazi Germany. Want to feel better about those who surpass you in some regard? Explain it away as an inherited feature, why subject yourself to a comparison of work ethic or available resources? That surely won't massage your ego.

Moral and intellectual fraud/cowardice.

 

[Chase Bannon]

Napolean Hill refers to it as sports intellegence.

Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence - This of course deals with one's physical dexterity, fine motor skills, and the ability to learn and express via physical movements. A person with enhanced bodily/kinesthetic intelligence might excel at sports, dancing, sex, and/or have a natural ability to work with hand tools or solve problems through physical means.

 

[Chase Bannon]

Peace,

Exactly. It ain't hard to tell unless you really want to cling to the belief that "innate abilities" account for differences in personal/professional accomplishment.

The whole "innate abilities" argument is a weapon of abusers and losers. Want to marginalize an enemy? Suggest they have a built-in flaw that can never be removed or repaired. It worked for America and Nazi Germany. Want to feel better about those who surpass you in some regard? Explain it away as an inherited feature, why subject yourself to a comparison of work ethic or available resources? That surely won't massage your ego.

Moral and intellectual fraud/cowardice.

Did you know there are several different types of intelligence? You may score higher in some intelligence tests depending on the types of intelligence being tested.

Verbal/linguistic
Logical/Mathematical
Musical/Rhythmic
Visual/Spatial
Kinesthetic/Physical
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal

I guess you assholes didn't realize there are different types of intelligence since the 2 of you don't possess any one of them.

 

[Costanza]

what gladwell talked about was apparent to most people with their eyes open

some in this thread should read him


http://www.bgol.us/board/showthread.php?t=473048

He also had interesting sections on the importance of circumstance-- You can say that should be obvious, but a lot of shit "should" be obvious. Look at the Tea Party movement. Look at the Joe the Plumbers who have for decades voted against their own economic best interests... Gladwell's demonstration of the importance is interesting.

Peace,

Excellent book. Didn't get near the pub his previous two did. Wonder why

I get your point but I don't know the background well enough to say,

 

[Costanza]

Did you know there are several different types of intelligence? You may score higher in some intelligence tests depending on the types of intelligence being tested.

Verbal/linguistic
Logical/Mathematical
Musical/Rhythmic
Visual/Spatial
Kinesthetic/Physical
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal

Seems a reasonable concept to me.

 

[Costanza]

As for the main article, this is no watershed event. Jerry Jones should have known what's up. It was a valid news story.

 

[Makkonnen]

Did you know there are several different types of intelligence? You may score higher in some intelligence tests depending on the types of intelligence being tested.

Verbal/linguistic
Logical/Mathematical
Musical/Rhythmic
Visual/Spatial
Kinesthetic/Physical
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal

I guess you assholes didn't realize there are different types of intelligence since the 2 of you don't possess any one of them.

I guess you're too fucking stupid to see us allude to MI and the creator of the theory of it you dumbass tapdancing moronic bitch.

MI is bullshit you stupid fucking twat.

 

[Makkonnen]

Seems a reasonable concept to me.

Read up on it. No scientific data to back up any of it whatsoever. No data plus redundancy plus data making it obsolete plus Gardner referring to key concepts as undetermined/art make it one big steaming pile of shit.

I thought you read Outliers?

 

[Costanza]

Read up on it. No scientific data to back up any of it whatsoever. No data plus redundancy plus data making it obsolete plus Gardner referring to key concepts as undetermined/art make it one big steaming pile of shit.

I thought you read Outliers?

I'm referring to the concept of "several different types of intelligence." Largely meaning how intelligence is manifested. Not any particular definition of the types, how they are divided up or how they are labeled.

 

[Makkonnen]

I'm referring to the concept of "several different types of intelligence." Largely meaning how intelligence is manifested. Not any particular definition of the types, how they are divided up or how they are labeled.

That's what I'm talking about.
read up because what you are talking about and what MI is as a theory is in direct contradiction to what is in outliers and the discussion above regarding how to be an expert

google multiple intelligences and Gardner

MI, how they are manifested all that - is bullshit

 

[Costanza]

Is Jimmy the Greek wrong for what he said? I don't know really, but I will tell you this. He did have a point. Pairing of slaves did happen to some degree. And best believe if 2 physically strong human beings are paired together, the child will more likely be strong. I always hear people say some people physiques are due to genetics. Here is a good example for you how come the most sculpted athletes are the black males of America. No male on the planet is strong as the American or Jamaican black male. You don't see Africans with our physiques and they are the original blacks. If I was to pair 2 highly intelligent people together, I will bet their child will be highly intelligent. Notice all your fastest sprinters come from the Western Region of the world. The only problem I have with Jimmy the Greek was his comments invites other comments that could disturb people.

Genetics is the reason why I tell my friends to be careful who they date or marry. If a female or male had a parent or both parents with some type of psychotic behavior, the child would be likely to have that problem also. So at the end of the day slavery has played an effect on us athletically than most people realize, just as it plays a part in us psychologically.

From another thread:

There are no sprinters of note from Asia, even with more than 50 percent of the world's population, a Confucian and Tao tradition of discipline, and an authoritarian sports system in place in the most populous country, China. No white sprinter can be found on the list of 100-meter sprinters; the best time by a white, 10 seconds, ranks more than 200th on the all-time list. … All of the 32 finalists in the last four Olympic men's 100-meter races are of West African descent. The likelihood of that happening based on population numbers alone—blacks from that region, now living around the globe, represent approximately 8 percent of the world's population—is 0.0000000000000000000000000000000001 percent.

Note the distinction: West Africans dominate sprinting. East Africans do better at distance running. So already, the evidence points beyond race toward a more precise category: population. And with ACTN3, we're beginning to advance from population comparisons toward the salient level of analysis: genes. Remember, as we noted about ACTN3 in general, differences at the elite level probably exceed differences among the rest of us. But they're still real.
...
Race is a very inexact and unreliable proxy for genetics. Race is not a causal unit. There's no such thing as having fast-twitch muscle fiber because you're black. The causal unit is a gene, or a network of genes, or a network of genes and environmental factors. Being black only makes you more likely to have a genetic variant that makes you more likely to have extra fast-twitch fiber. That's a lot of "likelies," not certainties.

http://www.slate.com/id/2206088/

 

[Chase Bannon]

I guess you're too fucking stupid to see us allude to MI and the creator of the theory of it you dumbass tapdancing moronic bitch.

MI is bullshit you stupid fucking twat.

Seems a reasonable concept to me.

OK. Take a look at the 2 quotes above. It's typical BGOL behavior. Costanza shows a sense of validating the concept I presented about different intelligences, next thing you know the Makkonnen (Primate which doesn't possess any of the different type of intelligences) gets upset and want to come back with even harsher words than before because I shot his ego and proved my point. I'm telling you fellas. Whenever you see a dude on here with a high post count. 9 times out of 10 he doesn't have much to say. Basically he makes so many posts where it comes to a point of rambling. Look at how he and Ill has gone back and forth consigning with one another like 2 childhood abuse kids to uplift their mental behavior so they can have a sense of feeling superior to me. Now lets take this a step further. If Makkonnen and Ill Paragrah really want to shut me up, stop hiding behind screen names and post some real shit about us. I bet these 2 clowns lifestyle reflect the ignorance they portray on here. At the end of the day they are both shell of men hiding behind screen names. Like I said we can end this silly little feud or I could really exploit your half pint ass and have cats on here laughing how you really living. I'll be on Da Don type shit except I would post my pics as well to make it fair. LOL

Now to expand on the theory of different intelligences. The 2 jackasses (Mak and Ill) need to research Andrew Carnegie (the richest man ever), Thomas Edision (one of the greatest inventors of all time), Beethoven (one of the greatest musicians of all time) and realize that they all possess one or more of the different types of intelligences. This can also be applied to Michael Jordan and Jackson.

From another thread:

There are no sprinters of note from Asia, even with more than 50 percent of the world's population, a Confucian and Tao tradition of discipline, and an authoritarian sports system in place in the most populous country, China. No white sprinter can be found on the list of 100-meter sprinters; the best time by a white, 10 seconds, ranks more than 200th on the all-time list. … All of the 32 finalists in the last four Olympic men's 100-meter races are of West African descent. The likelihood of that happening based on population numbers alone—blacks from that region, now living around the globe, represent approximately 8 percent of the world's population—is 0.0000000000000000000000000000000001 percent.

Note the distinction: West Africans dominate sprinting. East Africans do better at distance running. So already, the evidence points beyond race toward a more precise category: population. And with ACTN3, we're beginning to advance from population comparisons toward the salient level of analysis: genes. Remember, as we noted about ACTN3 in general, differences at the elite level probably exceed differences among the rest of us. But they're still real.
...
Race is a very inexact and unreliable proxy for genetics. Race is not a causal unit. There's no such thing as having fast-twitch muscle fiber because you're black. The causal unit is a gene, or a network of genes, or a network of genes and environmental factors. Being black only makes you more likely to have a genetic variant that makes you more likely to have extra fast-twitch fiber. That's a lot of "likelies," not certainties.

http://www.slate.com/id/2206088/

I agree with you. Race is a very inexact and unreliable proxy for genetics. But based on the conditions the slaves deported from Western Africa have been through for 200 years plus (the rigorous day to day working in the hot sun), you would genetically have groups of people who has develop muscle to adapt to strenuous working therefore resulting to generations after that genetically built with a stronger physical abilities. So I'm not saying one race is superior to other races, I'm just saying based on conditions the western blacks have been put through, they are the results of what we have today athletically. This can even be said for the type of shitty foods we can endure.

 

[raze]

OK. Take a look at the 2 quotes above. It's typical BGOL behavior. Costanza shows a sense of validating the concept I presented about different intelligences, next thing you know the Makkonnen (Primate which doesn't possess any of the different type of intelligences) gets upset and want to come back with even harsher words than before because I shot his ego and proved my point. I'm telling you fellas. Whenever you see a dude on here with a high post count. 9 times out of 10 he doesn't have much to say. Basically he makes so many posts where it comes to a point of rambling. Look at how he and Ill has gone back and forth consigning with one another like 2 childhood abuse kids to uplift their mental behavior so they can have a sense of feeling superior to me. Now lets take this a step further. If Makkonnen and Ill Paragrah really want to shut me up, stop hiding behind screen names and post some real shit about us. I bet these 2 clowns lifestyle reflect the ignorance they portray on here. At the end of the day they are both shell of men hiding behind screen names. Like I said we can end this silly little feud or I could really exploit your half pint ass and have cats on here laughing how you really living. I'll be on Da Don type shit except I would post my pics as well to make it fair. LOL

Now to expand on the theory of different intelligences. The 2 jackasses (Mak and Ill) need to research Andrew Carnegie (the richest man ever), Thomas Edision (one of the greatest inventors of all time), Beethoven (one of the greatest musicians of all time) and realize that they all possess one or more of the different types of intelligences. This can also be applied to Michael Jordan and Jackson.



I agree with you. Race is a very inexact and unreliable proxy for genetics. But based on the conditions the slaves deported from Western Africa have been through for 200 years plus (the rigorous day to day working in the hot sun), you would genetically have groups of people who has develop muscle to adapt to strenuous working therefore resulting to generations after that genetically built with a stronger physical abilities. So I'm not saying one race is superior to other races, I'm just saying based on conditions the western blacks have been put through, they are the results of what we have today athletically. This can even be said for the type of shitty foods we can endure.

 

[El Guapo]

You're a fool.
First of all there is no factual basis for the assertion that many (if any) slaves were bred for various physical attributes. Secondly, strength is not a genetic feature. Propensity for muscle fiber type is a genetic trait but what humans become is dependent on genes and environment. It is not a given that 2 strong people would produce a strong child. The whole idea of that is stupid. A lot more goes into whether or not a person is strong than genetics- most of it is not dependent on genetics beyond a certain basic healythy physiological standpoint.
Two tall people don't automatically have tall offspring dipshit. It requires active genes and environment. Illness in great grandparents, grandparents, parents, offspring as well as other environmental features like diet play a major role in that. Your great grand parenits play a role in whether or not you will die of heart disease all based on genes activated through their eating well or not, being sick or not decades ago.

Beyond all that there was no slavery eugenics program cultivating a master black race of athletes.
Post your data backing up your assertions that anything to do with slavery makes us better athletes. I don't give a fuck if you suck Jesse Jackson's dick in between working at homeless shelters you are an asshole and a moron who attempts to lend credibility to baseless assertions made by racists to explain away the hardwork of black athletes as some sort of unavoidable gift. The fact that you don't see or don't care about the motivations behind such false accusations shows us the type of coon morons we have supposedly "helping" our own.

At the end of the day you're right on this board talking shit too so stfu and log off or come with facts and logic or get exposed as an intellectually vapid fake talented tenth ass fraud nigga.

 

[water]

Now to expand on the theory of different intelligences. The 2 jackasses (Mak and Ill) need to research Andrew Carnegie (the richest man ever), Thomas Edision (one of the greatest inventors of all time), Beethoven (one of the greatest musicians of all time) and realize that they all possess one or more of the different types of intelligences. This can also be applied to Michael Jordan and Jackson.

How did you determine these rankings?

based on what the European told you?

Who said Andrew carnegie is the richest man ever?

Who said Thomas Edison is one of the greatest inventors ever?

Do you know of any great Africa achievements and the volume of achievements?


Don't answer those questions though, I don't want you to go off course.

Just answer me one question,

Does 50 000 years intellectual achievements <<< 400 years of slavery?

 

[water]

Did you know there are several different types of intelligence? You may score higher in some intelligence tests depending on the types of intelligence being tested.

Verbal/linguistic
Logical/Mathematical
Musical/Rhythmic
Visual/Spatial
Kinesthetic/Physical
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal

I guess you assholes didn't realize there are different types of intelligence since the 2 of you don't possess any one of them.

Please explain how you are able to QUANTIFY these so that they can be MEASURED

 

[Darrkman]

The whole argument that Blacks are genetically superior so they excel in sports is just a way for whites to explain away the fact that great Black athletes WORKED HARD at being great athletes. See its easier to swallow you getting outperformed by a person you think you're better than if you say they are bred for hard work instead of saying the person tried harder than you did, worked harder than you did and had better drive than you did.

 

[Chase Bannon]

The whole argument that Blacks are genetically superior so they excel in sports is just a way for whites to explain away the fact that great Black athletes WORKED HARD at being great athletes. See its easier to swallow you getting outperformed by a person you think you're better than if you say they are bred for hard work instead of saying the person tried harder than you did, worked harder than you did and had better drive than you did.

And your point is correct also. I won't debate that to some degree. I'm not saying black athletes don't work hard. I'm just saying black people from the Western Hemisphere have an advantage. Not only over whites, but over any other race including blacks from Africa. So technically my argument doesn't single out one race.

 

[water]

The whole argument that Blacks are genetically superior so they excel in sports is just a way for whites to explain away the fact that great Black athletes WORKED HARD at being great athletes. See its easier to swallow you getting outperformed by a person you think you're better than if you say they are bred for hard work instead of saying the person tried harder than you did, worked harder than you did and had better drive than you did.

And more importantly to justify why they are at top of the social ladder in America thereby invalidating the social effects that slavery had and at the same time denying such a thing as white privilege exists.

 

[Makkonnen]

Please explain how you are able to QUANTIFY these so that they can be MEASURED

Measurements would generate DATA which is something Chase or Gardner or any serious MI advocates cannot tolerate.


Note how Chase Bannon is soooooooooooo stupid that he :
1. Can't read between the lines in earlier posts where we discuss the theory of multiple intelligences
2. Can't see us clowning the unproven erroneous theory of multiple intelligences
3. Can't see us name the CREATOR of the theory of multiple intelligences
4. Can't respond when we ask him to post DATA from STUDIES regarding multiple intelligences


What is a theory with no supporting data, when it is possible to easily gather such data?

His only response is to ignore everything said that proves he's retarded and ask us to analyze Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Edison in regard to MI.
Hostility or not concede defeat and cuss us out. Why would he push a theory that its creator cannot defend in academia? How could he possibly defend a theory like MI when Gardner can't do it? He can't. Even if it were possible to defend, which it isn't, he obviously lacks the intellectual prerequisites to do such a thing, due in no part to genetics or pseudoscience "intelligences". So why would he keep pressing a losing, flawed, anti-black position? Pride and stupidity.

You can read above that he agreed after the fact with costanza's slate article- everything in that article I posted on the front page in responses to him which he couldn't comment on because they went against his bullshit position.

 

[Chase Bannon]

Measurements would generate DATA which is something Chase or Gardner or any serious MI advocates cannot tolerate.


Note how Chase Bannon is soooooooooooo stupid that he :
1. Can't read between the lines in earlier posts where we discuss the theory of multiple intelligences
2. Can't see us clowning the unproven erroneous theory of multiple intelligences
3. Can't see us name the CREATOR of the theory of multiple intelligences
4. Can't respond when we ask him to post DATA from STUDIES regarding multiple intelligences


What is a theory with no supporting data, when it is possible to easily gather such data?

His only response is to ignore everything said that proves he's retarded and ask us to analyze Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Edison in regard to MI.
Hostility or not concede defeat and cuss us out. Why would he push a theory that its creator cannot defend in academia? How could he possibly defend a theory like MI when Gardner can't do it? He can't. Even if it were possible to defend, which it isn't, he obviously lacks the intellectual prerequisites to do such a thing, due in no part to genetics or pseudoscience "intelligences". So why would he keep pressing a losing, flawed, anti-black position? Pride and stupidity.

You can read above that he agreed after the fact with costanza's slate article- everything in that article I posted on the front page in responses to him which he couldn't comment on because they went against his bullshit position.

At the end of the day you will believe what you believe and I will believe what I believe and we'll leave it at that.

 

[Upgrade Dave]

At the end of the day you will believe what you believe and I will believe what I believe and we'll leave it at that.

But if you insist on believing something with no solid proof behind, that's foolish.

 

[water]

At the end of the day you will believe what you believe and I will believe what I believe and we'll leave it at that.

 

[Chase Bannon]

But if you insist on believing something with no solid proof behind, that's foolish.

You may see it as foolish, I will see it as my way.

 

[water]

You may see it as foolish, I will see it as my way.

Why do black immigrants as a group, even if they also have a slavery heritage, consistently outperform whites and asians academically in this country ?

Wouldn't that run counter to your argument?

 

[Upgrade Dave]

You may see it as foolish, I will see it as my way.

So you don't see anything wrong with building the foundation of your beliefs on sand? That's what you're telling me. Once you believe something, concrete evidence be damned, that's it for you.

 

[Chase Bannon]

Why do black immigrants as a group, even if they also have a slavery heritage, consistently outperform whites and asians academically in this country ?

Wouldn't that run counter to your argument?

I will entertain your question. Think about it. The more progressive Africans come to this country because of drive, determination and being agressive. Just like your Chinese and other immigrants. Don't take offense to what I'm about to say but reality is if all Africans were progressive, the Continent as a whole would be the strongest and mightiest. I'm cool and have a lot of African friends, but I laugh when some African cats frown upon black Americans as if were are incompetent. I quickly tell them "we are in a country run by whites which has a racial cloud looming over it, what's the excuse of Africa's condition." Of course when you have the best of the best Africans coming over here they will out perform any other group. Plus I won't quite say African Immigrants who come to this country are smarter than other racial groups. You also have to factor that a lot of Chinese who are here now are 2nd generation Chinese so they have adapted to to American Culture which leads to being less ambitious. You have a lot of first wave Africans coming over here now so that group will be more hungry and ambitious than any other group. Now you have blacks like me who have been here for generations and I'm pretty sure we are last on the totem pole when it comes to performance. I'm pretty sure whites are next to us because they have been here for generations also. I will bet any other immigrant group is out performing whites.

So you don't see anything wrong with building the foundation of your beliefs on sand? That's what you're telling me. Once you believe something, concrete evidence be damned, that's it for you.

Yes. I like the way I think. I stand strong behind the way I think. I feel in my heart what I think is right. You may view it another way. I live align with my thoughts. I don't work a 9 to 5. I've walk away from a job paying me nearly 100K. My thinking tends to keep me home all day long and not working a job with the luxury of not feeling the economic crunch plus bigger and better days are ahead of me. Also BMW is offering me a high grossing job and I DON'T have a college degree. Will I take it? Who knows. I doubt it, but it's possible. So at the end of the day you think what you think and I think what I think. Plus the saying is "a man lives align with his thoughts". If this statement is true, I'm not doing pretty bad in life.

Also I expect most people on this board to not agree with me. I'm fine with that. I expect attacks. Most people who think the way I think will be challenged. The one thing I tell people who challenge me by being very critical of me is look at your life and look at mine because I will bet he or she would rather be in my shoes versus his or her own.

 

[Upgrade Dave]

Yes. I like the way I think. I stand strong behind the way I think. I feel in my heart what I think is right. You may view it another way. I live align with my thoughts. I don't work a 9 to 5. I've walk away from a job paying me nearly 100K. My thinking tends to keep me home all day long and not working a job with the luxury of not feeling the economic crunch plus bigger and better days are ahead of me. Also BMW is offering me a high grossing job and I DON'T have a college degree. Will I take it? Who knows. I doubt it, but it's possible. So at the end of the day you think what you think and I think what I think. Plus the saying is "a man lives align with his thoughts". If this statement is true, I'm not doing pretty bad in life.

Also I expect most people on this board to not agree with me. I'm fine with that. I expect attacks. Most people who think the way I think will be challenged. The one thing I tell people who challenge me by being very critical of me is look at your life and look at mine because I will bet he or she would rather be in my shoes versus his or her own.

That sounds nice but is totally illogical and stupid, to be frank. What kind of person continues to believe things even when these things can be proven wrong? Why would you just keep on going with something you know to be wrong? What good is it to be literate if you refuse to comprehend what you read?

 

[Chase Bannon]

That sounds nice but is totally illogical and stupid, to be frank. What kind of person continues to believe things even when these things can be proven wrong? Why would you just keep on going with something you know to be wrong? What good is it to be literate if you refuse to comprehend what you read?

Please prove my theory to be wrong. Could it be stupid? That's for you to judge. I'm trying to get away from judging others or calling them stupid etc. I'm pretty sure there are things you believe in others would call stupid, does that stop you from thinking what you think? Now if my thinking leads me to being broke, without what I desire in life, then I will change. Until that day comes, I'm sitting home chillin and making loot and networking.

 

[Upgrade Dave]

Please prove my theory to be wrong. Could it be stupid? That's for you to judge. I'm trying to get away from judging others or calling them stupid etc. I'm pretty sure there are things you believe in others would call stupid, does that stop you from thinking what you think? Now if my thinking leads me to being broke, without what I desire in life, then I will change. Until that day comes, I'm sitting home chillin and making loot and networking.

See there's where you and I must be different. Money is not validation to me. There are a lot of people doing wrong thing and making money. Sarah Palin made 12 million dollars last year and she's an unprincipled and moronic (but shrewd) as you get. That's not principle as you seem to try to make it, that's selling out principle, "I might be wrong but I got money." What is that? There's no intergrity in that. I fail to see how that's some positive sign.