[FRIAM] FW: A PolyMath by any other name...

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You have *nothing* to apologize for. As Steve hinted, I suspect most, if not all, of us cringe a bit when reading our own stuff (or even hearing our own voice: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/18/adam-driver-walk-out-interview-npr-fresh-air-voice). I have 3 stories explicitly related to the point: 1) Something I once wrote offended so many people, it earned me the nickname "Nazi", the story of which held a prominent place in my friend's PhD dissertation. 2) While supporting Swarm, something I wrote offended a person so much, they *demanded* an apology from the group. And 3) a good friend and mentor once called me a "digital austistic" due to my seeming insensitivity in online interaction versus my seeming sensitivity in meat space.

I won't tell any of those stories, here, to save y'all from yet another TMI share. But I can say I don't regret any of those utterings. Would I say them now? No. But that's precisely *because* they were learning experiences. The only thing that prevents learning experiences is the *lack* of engagement. So, as long as you stay engaged, then apologies are surplus sugar that none of us really need ... though some of us -- not me -- really like sugar. 8^)

On 12/30/19 2:19 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
> Here I am, renewing my apology for yet a third time, it seems. 
> 
> I was actually preaching my belief that we come to friam for different things, and nobody should try to dictate what FRIAM is about.  But I sure as hell had a strange way of putting it!  I am so grateful for Steve’s contemporary correction, which says precisely what I wish I had said.
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> I have written to the list.  If I need to do anything more to regain your trust, please let me know. 
> 
> All the best, and thank you for your many insights, some of which are on matters I understand. 
> 
> I look forward to understanding more.

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