Comments on: Nigh-related guests http://crookedtimber.org/2004/03/02/nigh-related-guests/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Fri, 25 May 2012 11:16:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Quiggin http://crookedtimber.org/2004/03/02/nigh-related-guests/comment-page-1/#comment-19818 John Quiggin Tue, 02 Mar 2004 23:20:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1169#comment-19818 (Crossposted from Brian's blog)<blockquote> I'm really rather good at generating ideas, but average at best at most the other relevant philosophical skills, e.g. sorting good ideas from bad ones, placing ideas relative to the existing literature, developing ideas to meet objections, communicating ideas in a way that gets them understood, etc.</blockquote>SNAP! Me too.The kind of academic who is attracted to blogging is likely to be one with this kind of asymmetric skill set. (Crossposted from Brian’s blog)
I’m really rather good at generating ideas, but average at best at most the other relevant philosophical skills, e.g. sorting good ideas from bad ones, placing ideas relative to the existing literature, developing ideas to meet objections, communicating ideas in a way that gets them understood, etc.
SNAP! Me too.The kind of academic who is attracted to blogging is likely to be one with this kind of asymmetric skill set.

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