3 types of people (Page 1/1)
2.5 NOV 16, 05:16 PM
I heard this one today, by Dave Mustaine:

"We run into three types of [thinkers], people that discuss ideas, people that discuss events , and people that discuss people."

I like to discuss ideas.

I dont really care for these type of categorizing statements in general, but this one struck me a bit. I think it might be difficult for each of these three types of thinkers to communicate sometimes.
williegoat NOV 16, 06:08 PM
That is an idea about people, so in which category does it belong?



Actually, that thought has been attributed to everyone from Socrates to Eleanor Roosevelt and is usually expressed as something similar to: "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."

I agree that it is far too general, as most of us discuss all three as appropriate. If we talk about a political speech, for example, we talk about an event where a person espouses an idea.

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Sage NOV 16, 07:30 PM


There are different versions depending on where one happens to be.....like the "savages" in Africa's version:

"Kingly men discuss concepts, ideals and ideas...
mediocre men discuss plans, deeds and accomplishments...
lowly men discuss each other."

I think all of us fit into every category at some time or another...

HAGO!
maryjane NOV 16, 08:13 PM
Eleanor Roosevelt had no room to disparage 'people talking about people'.
Sage NOV 16, 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

Eleanor Roosevelt had no room to disparage 'people talking about people'.



Agreed....but as already suggested: "I think all of us fit into every category at some time or another... "


HAGO!
sourmash NOV 17, 09:46 AM
Types of people:

The vaxxed
The pureblooded

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2.5 NOV 17, 10:04 AM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

That is an idea about people, so in which category does it belong?



Actually, that thought has been attributed to everyone from Socrates to Eleanor Roosevelt and is usually expressed as something similar to: "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."

I agree that it is far too general, as most of us discuss all three as appropriate. If we talk about a political speech, for example, we talk about an event where a person espouses an idea.




I suppose the weakness would be becoming overly focused or obsessed with just one of them.

Thuogh it does seem that ideas underly why people do anything, and what causes events.

People have ideas, or is it the other way around?

Events don't matter much if no one is there to witness them or be affected.

Ideas outlast people and events.

(All sorts of observations.)

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