Head... Butt...

i don't mind ignorant people as much as people who think they know a lot.

i don't mind people who think they know a lot as much as people who, after having it pointed out to them that they do not really know much, still think that they do know a lot.

what i cannot stand most are people who think they know everything, think that their points and no others are correct and who refuse to accept that they are incorrect even when it is pointed out to them, even when logical arguments are put forth, even when the weight of evidences are laid against them.

it's not so much that i'm worried about being rebutted by one of these people, but more worried about being headbutted by them, given the thick skulls that they might have. these people have their minds up places where the sun don't shine. perhaps that is why they are so often pain in the asses...

ignorance and arrogance is a dangerous mix.

having said that, mea culpa sometimes too. though i still feel that i am indeed open to criticisms and do honestly value good dialogue where some of my fervently held beliefs and views are shot down to shreds (if anyone feels otherwise... then you are obviously very wrong... :p no... i jest).

this post is thus also somewhat of a reply of Garota's comment in my earlier post that it is important to have dialogue. yes it is. and the prerequisites of a good dialogue are the humility to accept that one might be wrong, to see things from the other party's point of view and, at the worst situation, to agree to disagree.