23 Feb 2012, 10:29 am
When I got married, the best man talked about my "incidents":
The double-bass incident.
The guitar building incident.
The computer programming incident.
And so on.
And then said he hoped he wasn't seeing the beginning of the "Carol Incident". 
23 Feb 2012, 2:51 pm
23 Feb 2012, 3:17 pm
23 Feb 2012, 6:45 pm
Sora wrote:
Peter_L wrote:
The entire original quotation is better. 
"Jack of all trades, master of none, though oftimes better than a master of one."
That said, a little more on topic I do wonder if intense interests are linked to having an exceptional memory. At one point I heard a group of people saying there was no point reading anything since the more they read the more they'd forget. Personally, I remember most of what I read. If I didn't though, i'm not convinced I would enjoy reading up on things nearly as much as I do so there could be some kind of link there.
"Jack of all trades, master of none, though oftimes better than a master of one."
That said, a little more on topic I do wonder if intense interests are linked to having an exceptional memory. At one point I heard a group of people saying there was no point reading anything since the more they read the more they'd forget. Personally, I remember most of what I read. If I didn't though, i'm not convinced I would enjoy reading up on things nearly as much as I do so there could be some kind of link there.
That's interesting it got me thinking about this topic some more.
I remember almost everything that I read - unlike my working memory, my long-term memory is excellent for some reason and goes ahead and memorises things on its own - which is one reason for why I'm bored by plunging into one area of interest too deeply. Reading the same information again and again that I have down in my memory accurately already feels tiring for me. Sometimes, repetition can be interesting but usually I'd much rather not spend my time on this and move on ahead in order to satisfy this need of knowing/learning more.
Me too. While I have a great long term memory my short term memory is terrible.
... Or is it?
It's natural I would compare my short term memory to the long term memory as it's my only frame of reference. I would then logically reach the conclusion that I have a vastly impaired short term memory.
But there is another very obvious logical possibility there, isn't there?
Is it possible that somebody "normal" would consider my short term memory normal? Retrospective analysis suggests that other people also do things that drive me mad (such as mislaying stationary such as pens and their coffee mugs etc) and my distress at my short term memory may only in fact be relative to my short term memory. Is a memory like my short term memory what people have to put up with as their long term memory?
The mind boggles.
Quote:
So that full quote
Peter_L wrote:
"Jack of all trades, master of none, though oftimes better than a master of one."
probably fits me even better than just the first couple of worlds. Hehe. I like to have a broad spectrum of knowledge because I am under the impression that it helps me understand other related topics much better than if I had only a large amount of specified knowledge in one area. Best would be to combine both - be an expert on countless topics. I suppose with a limited lifetime humans are stuck with one or the other.
It definitely fits me, that's why I know the full quote. (Well, other than an interest in etymology!)
I'm also not sure how you define an expert. "Experts" seem to lack context to the point of not adequately understanding their own field.
23 Feb 2012, 9:12 pm
