Re: Liberal Arts Grads Can't "Grasp?" Give me a f&*#ing break.

[Wohlrab Arleta - DRACS <wohlraba -at- BSCC -dot- BLS -dot- COM>]

Hillary,

Your interpretation is correct if you insert a few words:

*Pure* liberal arts people are likely to be unable to
 understand technical issues *due to a lack of training
 in technical subjects*. They will talk about these issues
 in ignorance.

However, let me point out that being *ignorant* is not bad. It's not like
saying someone is *incapable* of understanding; it simply reflects a lack
of knowledge in a certain area. It doesn't mean that liberal arts people
are less intelligent or that they don't work as hard.

Arleta Wohlrab
wohlraba -at- bscc -dot- bls -dot- com

 -----Original Message-----

> ". . . while pure liberal arts folks tend not to fully grasp what they
> are talking about."

To me this quote says, "Liberal arts people are likely to be unable to
understand technical issues. They will talk about these issues in
ignorance." I know that I'm not alone in this interpretation because of
the other messages that have been posted.

Does anybody else notice that generalizations tend to make people
defensive? If I say "X-type people are like this," I'm begging for 20 of
those X-type people to write in telling me that I don't know what I'm
talking about.

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Hillary Jones
hillary -at- nichimen -dot- com

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