Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tektronix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!pesnta!hplabs!tektronix!moiram From: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison ) Newsgroups: net.singles,net.flame Subject: Re: Intelligence? Message-ID: <5465@tektronix.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 13:33:20 EDT Article-I.D.: tektroni.5465 Posted: Tue Jul 2 13:33:20 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jul-85 04:22:30 EDT References:<503@unc.UUCP> Reply-To: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison ) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 25 Xref: watmath net.singles:7622 net.flame:10956 Summary: >> Isaac Dimitrovsky > Frank Silbermann >>More important than intelligence [in friends] is the ability to speak clearly. >>Very few things irritate me more than people who don't say what they mean >>as clearly as possible, especially if they appear to be generating this >>confusion on purpose (this is not to say that I never do this - when I do, >>I get irritated with myself :-). >> >>It seems to me that intelligent people, especially ones in academics, >>are more prone to sloppy, obscure speech than the general population, >Only inferior people are prone to sloppy, obscure writing. >They do this to hide the triviality of their ideas. Frank, when you spout forth with these arrogant judgemental statements, I feel irritated, and I want to discount everything you have to say. Clear communication is really just a matter of education. Unfortunately, too few people appreciate the value of communication skills, or how much *practice* it takes to develop them. Moira Mallison tektronix!moiram