Dealing with the uninformed
So, what are you supposed to do when you talk to people about subjects in which they have no knowledge? For instance, if you are at work with an elderly co-worker and you two stumble upon the subject of science, or technology, or something like that, and you hear the person speak of things that are just nonsense. Do you correct them? Does it matter? For instance, I could have stopped this person and given them a lecture with drawings and all to explain how things really are, but I just sort of avoided the whole issue, and ended the conversation with one of those cliches, like "yeah, the world's a pretty crazy place..."
I suppose my problem is that I don't like to boast about any booksmarts that I may or may not have, and I don't like to make people or situations feel awkward. I don't want people to feel like they aren't as intelligent as they think they are- it's depressing to me. Is that right? Or am I just too sensitive about interacting with people?
This probably stems from a conversation I had with some college friends of mine a week ago; it seems like I live a dichotomy of a lifestyle to where I talk, think, and act a certain way around my intellectual friends, and I talk, think, and act another way around my non-intellectual friends. To be honest, I don't mind it at all- it balances me out. But I think it leads to a lot of awkward social interaction for me- as if I didn't have enough of those types of problems.
I suppose my problem is that I don't like to boast about any booksmarts that I may or may not have, and I don't like to make people or situations feel awkward. I don't want people to feel like they aren't as intelligent as they think they are- it's depressing to me. Is that right? Or am I just too sensitive about interacting with people?
This probably stems from a conversation I had with some college friends of mine a week ago; it seems like I live a dichotomy of a lifestyle to where I talk, think, and act a certain way around my intellectual friends, and I talk, think, and act another way around my non-intellectual friends. To be honest, I don't mind it at all- it balances me out. But I think it leads to a lot of awkward social interaction for me- as if I didn't have enough of those types of problems.
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