Ahoy

[young_dumb]

I'm a believer in the old saying "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid, then open it and remove all doubt."

Though the first part of that I'm not so sure is true.

Young_dumb,

I vastly prefer a Chinese saying: Ask a stupid question and you are stupid for a minute. Don't ask that stupid question and you are stupid for a lifetime.

I believe that the fuel that runs the motor of thinking for yourself is the courage to ask stupid questions in innocence and good will.

Michael

Thanks for that.

Purchased The Fountainhead for a friend today. Although it's for their birthday, she is rather flighty, so the decision to purchase it for her was at least partially for my own benefit, as I'm interested to see the response to it from someone who doesn't embrace many Objective principles in their life.

Enjoying this forum immensely. I like being part of a grown-up forum where everyone uses punctuation and spells correctly! The reading continues

Eliot; Thanks for the complement. I think.

Unsure if the spelling error was intended, but I meant what I said (typed)