I have never felt intimidated into not posting here despite the amount of serious scholars and intellectuals on the board. I am not a heavyweight intellectual, but that does not stop me from participating in discussion with such heavyweights. [snip]
Even so, it's hard not to feel inadequate when confronted with the calibre of posters here.
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I count myself fortunate to be able to walk in the shadow of giants and I would like others to do the same.
But, Alatar, if you are not intimidated, that's the most important thing!
And I have no doubt that others will feel just as fortunate to meet all the brilliant people here!
(Though as to "giants" - in such contexts my folks usually say: "they also only cook with water" - sounds silly in translation, but you get the idea.
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And one more thing: no matter what we call the forums, the calibre of the posters here won't change!
That's why I was saying if the forum titles reflect that, that's not a bad thing.
(And we're not going to ban Jny so that n00bs won't feel inadequate, you know!
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Well, I guess it's a personal thing how one responds to these situations. I don't mean to sound arrogant, but I'm just not easily intimidated. Before I came to TORC, the majority of contacts I had, offered no challenge to me, on the contrary, I often felt I had to slow down, so as not to lose them. When I got to TORC, almost everybody was at least on equal levels, so I immediately saw I had to do my best in order to even keep up. And there were even some I could hardly hope to reach no matter how hard I tried. And I thought that was just GREAT! Best feeling in a long time!
Tosh, good point about this being a good thing to involve the next new members in!
Oh, and I don't mind a new name for Music, too, if someone comes up with something where we all instantly say "wow, that's it!"
It's not like "La Camerata" is insurpassable as a name. I just don't want us to rename things at all costs when we can't come up with something that's better than what we had.
I think the only "insurpassable" names, IMO, are ToE and The Turf - anyone who suggests changing The Turf should be condemned to come to Oxford to meet there!
But I digress.