Re: Believe me, you WANT to read this! (Er... perhaps not....)

docdwarf_at_panix.com
Date: 11/26/03 

Date: 26 Nov 2003 11:19:36 -0500

In article <joe_zitzelberger-AC9CE7.08285826112003@corp.supernews.com>,
Joe Zitzelberger <joe_zitzelberger@nospam.com> wrote:

[snip]

>I have come to the conclusion that some large majority (+90%
>maybe) of technical people don't really care to understand why or how
>new things operate -- they are happy with what they learned in school
>and will never expand that knowledge unless forced.

Mr Zitzelberger, this is a variant of Sturgeon's Law (something along the
lines of '90% of everything is crap') and similar to a conclusion to which
I came decades back - based, of course, on the limited experience I had
then - of 'In *any* profession, doing *any* job, maybe 10% of the
practioners have 'The Touch'... everyone else is just kind of getting by
and hoping not to get caught.'

DD

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