How can you be passionate about something and not know anything about it?

[Nemesis77]

I like cheese. Cheese is good! mmmmmm.... Cheese....

 

[sandorski]

You wanna girlfriend? Stop being so arrogant. Who cares who Britney knows, it just doesn't matter and certainly doesn't mean anything concerning her claim to be passionate for music. I get the impression that you never really liked B Spears and are now just grasping at straws in a lame attempt to turn your friends towards your personal preference. Flaming or using lame tactics ananymously on an internet message board maybe "fun" for some people, but it's a quick way to get your friends and acquaintences to think you're a jerk and asshole in the real world.

Drop the subject, get on with life.

 

[heartsurgeon]

<< Am I way off base? >>



yes.

how does being antagonistic help to reach any of your personal goals in life.

does your girlfriend like Britney Spears? It would appear perhaps she does. Did you know she likes Spears, and is that why you sent her the link, to cheeze her off?

 

[joohang]

Just wanted to say that your argument holds true to quite an extent in my case. I also agree with the "practical vs. academic" argument.

I love development with the latest tools and technologies and I easily recognize the top Developmentor trainers and Don Box. 😉 I easily relate COM+ with Don Box, and XML with Aaron Skonnard. I never got to the point where I looked into historical VB figures, though. It's probably because to me, development is a practical passion. I don't enjoy Computer Science-type stuff so I rarely approach it in an academic manner.

My passion in history, on the other hand, is very academic. I dig into sources from 10th century East Asia that nobody cares about. I easily recognize the top 5 scholars in this field. I easily identify the famous rulers and officials at the time.

I identify passion with an act of digging deeply into stuff and get this strange feeling of joy as I learn more and more. To me, passion also directly relates to my performance/achievement in the field. For those fields that I have some interests but don't do well (and I am aware that it's not because of my lack of training) or don't feel as much joy from learning, I simply identify it as "interest".