Celebrity advice (was: Advice to a Junior in High School?)

[Jacek Generowicz]

Gerrit Holl <gerrit at nl.linux.org> writes:

> Michele Simionato wrote:
> > Jacek Generowicz <jacek.generowicz at cern.ch> wrote in message news:<tyfk78z44lo.fsf at pcepsft001.cern.ch>...
> > > 
> > > One learns so much more from reading opinions opposed to one's own,
> > > than from reading ones with which you agree.
> > 
> > I thought it was worth repeating.
> 
> Of course, this is only true if the other oppinions are based on
> points

Not necessarily. I think that you can learn a lot from reading
opinions opposed to yours, even if those opinions are completely
unfounded. What you learn is of a different nature than what you would
learn if the points had some solid base, however.