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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*

Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>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?</STRONG>

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)

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

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.

Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>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?</STRONG>

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.

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

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.

Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>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?</STRONG>

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

<STRONG>2. What areas are you biggest "gaps" in knowledge?</STRONG>

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

<STRONG>3. What is the most useless knowledge you have?</STRONG>

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 ).

1. Generalist

2. females and social etiquette

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

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.

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 ]

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

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

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.

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

Originally posted by fable:
<STRONG>I have huge gaps in my background.
</STRONG>

And where, prythee tell, are those huge gaps?