Poll: A few quick questions about your knowledge

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 6:01 am

1. Generalist.

2. I can never remember author's names/titles of books though I remember the stories...I am also hopeless with remembering actors and directors...

3. ermm...basic motorcycle maintenance, as I don't own a bike anymore and it is unlikely I will again

*promises herself that she will get around to defragmenting her brain*

EMINEM · Post by **EMINEM** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 8:32 am

Originally posted by C Elegans:
1. Do you prefer being a
specialist - knowing a lot about a few things or a
generalist - knowing a little about a lot of things?

2. What areas are you biggest "gaps" in knowledge?

3. What is the most useless knowledge you have?

Good questions!

Let me see...

Specialist - Biblical literature and exegesis, Shakespeare, Milton, and the Romantic poets, especially Keats and Wordworth.

General - History, philosophy, American and Canadian politics

Gaps - Automotive, computers, macro and microeconomics

Useless - AD&D jargon MR, Thac0, INT, HD, HP, RoF, att/rnd, AL, F/M, R/C, DW, - BTW, if anyone reading this understands all the previous mumbo jumbo, I'm sure you know how I feel)

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 8:43 am

When someone points a gun at you. "DUCK!!!!"

Recoba · Post by **Recoba** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 9:27 am

1. Generalist with specialisations (fence sitting!)

2. Bike and Car fixing - I could save a packet if I knew how to do it!

3. That an Imperial Star Destroyer has 60 turbolasers, 60 laser cannon batteries and a wing (72) of TIE starfighters.

nael · Post by **nael** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 9:31 am

Originally posted by C Elegans:
1. Do you prefer being a
specialist - knowing a lot about a few things or a
generalist - knowing a little about a lot of things?

2. What areas are you biggest "gaps" in knowledge?

3. What is the most useless knowledge you have?

1. what if i know everything about everything?

...alright, maybe i am just a generalist
2. probably art would have to be where i am lacking the most...and programming.
3. i have so much useless knowledge it is pathetic. such as...there are 4 golf balls on the moon. the giraffe is the animal most likely to be gay.

Happy Evil · Post by **Happy Evil** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 9:35 am

Originally posted by Georgi:
I don't have gaps in my knowledge. I have gaps in my ignorance

LOL too! Too funny.

I am a generalist for the most part.
Although I consider myself above average in music,(I love my guitar)and Air conditioning/refrigeration systems,(my former career for ten years)everything else is pretty average.

Biggest gaps? Hmmmm....
Cooking, advanced math & physics,
sports trivia, computers, women....

Useless knowledge?
Probably my HVAC (A/C - Refr)knowledge as I no longer use it.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 12:32 pm

Originally posted by C Elegans:
1. Do you prefer being a
specialist - knowing a lot about a few things or a
generalist - knowing a little about a lot of things?

Somewhere in between. I know quite a bit about numerous topics.

2. What areas are you biggest "gaps" in knowledge?

If it's useful knowledge then it is probably one of my biggest gaps.

3. What is the most useless knowledge you have?

I'd say at least 90% of the knowledge I have.

Examples of useless knowledge:

1.)The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D should have been ripped apart when seperating at warp speeds in the episode Encounter at Farpoint part 1.

2.)There is a Xyzzyx, California.

3.)Mixing Equal(artificial sweeteners in blue packets) and Diet Pepsi is explosive(learned this from watching my dad

).

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 1:10 pm

1. Generalist

2. females

and social etiquette

3. I kow all the words to the Mr. Ed Theme song.

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 9:10 pm

I'm an American.

I'm arrogant and Ignorant.

I'm arrogant about my knowledge and Ignorant with my answers.

Oh yes, I have been told that I'm lazy and greedy too.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 10:27 pm

I just noticed I never replied to my own questions:

1. I'm a specialist. (I would prefer being more of a generalist, the problem is that specialising in human brain function takes a lot of time and demands specialisation in several different areas.)

2. Biggest gaps are: cooking, everything that has to do with house-keeping, non-European history and popular culture

3. Most useless knowledge: I have this stupid memory for numbers, I still remember the social security numbers of many of my patients, phone numbers to childhood friends, a bank account I've seen only one time, etc. I also have a totally useless knowledge about Renaissance poetry measures and I can quote long passages from Shakespeare's plays, from songs I haven't heard in 15 years, etc - anything that has a text and a rythm. I'm also very good at finding water in dry environments

[ 11-20-2001: Message edited by: C Elegans ]

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 10:36 pm

Originally posted by C Elegans:
I'm also very good at finding water in dry environments

That would be very helpfull if you ever come to Arizona. Though...why you would come to Arizona, I have no idea.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 10:44 pm

A specialist, definitely. I'm good at synthesizing knowledge across different fields, but I have huge gaps in my background.

Fortunately, I'm sitting down, now. It isn't showing.

Curdis · Post by **Curdis** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 10:51 pm

I consider myself Neo-Renaissance. A well rounded generalist.

Biggest gap - None really, or everything.

Most useless knowledge - How to program A Z-80 processor in assembly language. - Curdis

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 11:08 pm

Originally posted by fable:
I have huge gaps in my background.

And where, prythee tell, are those huge gaps?