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To: fireman15
No you are totally wrong. there is no such thing as intelligence or ability. However knowledge IS power. but knowledge and expertise in almost all areas can be acquired through Google research and practice by anyone. Anyone can become an expert at anything through hard work, hours of daily practice at it, research, persistence, focusing on it and anything can be "problem solving", being an electrician, playing the piano, or even "being smart",. Look i add the word almost but that is cause i know you will come up with some exception to this but that doesn't disprove the general rule. Everything is a skill that can be acquired through practice .the old sayings "practice makes perfect" and "knowledge is power" are timeless because they are so true. Ok who would you have operate on you the doctor who just graduated medical school who everyone says is the smartest guy or the doctor who has 15 years experience doing the exact operation that you need? so you see in this instance as in all intelligence means nothing as practice and experience is what counts.

The liberal news media has you all brainwashed and believing that successful people are there because they are “brilliant”, intelligent or talented. that is a BIG lie the socialist news media drill into your head to keep you small and that is so that you don't try . The media wants you (every individual) weak, small ,poor and so dependent on government/democrats. You think the media wants you to be wealthy or have 3 houses owned and paid off? no way cause then you might not need government and or not vote for democrats. So they train you , they drill in to your head the lie that only the talented or intelligent can suceed so that you say "oh i can't be rich or do what he did cause he's a genius and I'm not" . No someone might be doing better than you in some business because he knows more about that than you and worked very hard to get there Anyone can do anything if they set their mind to it and work hard at it every day for long periods of time.
Hey i’m trying to liberate you all from socialist brainwashing . bash me ridicule me if you want. but your liberal masters programmed you . just remember what is socialism/communism “from each according to his ability to each according to his need” . so that assumes that there are many individuals who can't provide for themselves that are needy and the talented have to provide for them . that is ridiculous and has never worked. now America and capitalism says that you make your own way through hard work and I believe that.

The media has sold you a lie. you are their puppet. i have proved a million times over .if someone can do something so can i . there is nothing that someone else has done that you(in general anyone) can not also do.

there is much more that can and will say but enough of this . time for me to get to work!

176 posted on 03/26/2015 11:02:45 PM PDT by Democrat_media (Obama illegally imposed socialist net neutrality on the Internet to ruin it)
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To: Democrat_media
No you are totally wrong. there is no such thing as intelligence or ability.

Anyone can become an expert at anything through hard work, hours of daily practice at it, research, persistence,

You do have a very interesting point of view. It is not that I haven't heard it before. I watched the movie “My Fair Lady” after all. I am not trying to ridicule you in any way, but your belief is more of a philosophy for living. If your belief system gives you self-confidence and causes you to attempt to accomplish things that others would not then that is probably a good thing in most cases.

I actually live by a similar credo; and in general don't believe there is anything that I could not accomplish if only I had enough time.

But I have experienced something that it would seem that you obviously have not. I have actually worked as a tutor and instructor. I also have spent a lot of time working with the public. I can tell you from hard, long and sometimes frustrating personal experience that aptitudes and intelligence vary greatly among individuals. Insisting otherwise is completely unrealistic.

Many years ago I had a work study job at a community college tutoring people who had learning disabilities. It quickly became apparent that not only do people have different aptitudes, but people do not even think in the same way. There can be very dramatic differences in the way that people's minds work.

Since the 1980s I also have spent a lot of time teaching people how to use computers. This has also been quite eye opening. I would challenge you to “put your money where your mouth is” and volunteer or start working somewhere trying to tutor or teach. Most likely it would not take very long for you to modify your personal philosophy. People's aptitudes vary greatly. Some people are very good at certain things, but will never be able to perform well in other areas.

You are the one who has been brainwashed by the liberal media and philosophy. Conservatives generally believe in equal opportunity; many liberals believe that everyone is equal which seems to be what you are saying. Liberals then say that if there should then be equal distribution of people in every facet and level of basically everything, and if there is not then quotas need to be imposed. Is that what you believe?

178 posted on 03/27/2015 9:11:58 AM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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