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From: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison )
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.flame
Subject: Re: Intelligence?
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Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 13:33:20 EDT
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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