Say you were a child, and you were playing with blocks. Say you built (what you thought was) this great structure. Now, what if someone else, who was playing next to you, made a different (but equally interesting, however smaller) structure that shared the same purpose. Would you go and tell that person he was stupid, that there was nothing wrong with your own structure and so his was pointless, or something to that effect? What would happen to that person? Would he be forever marred by his "failure" and decide to never build with blocks again? Would it be less drastic? Maybe he would just dis-associate himself with the person who said his structure wasn't good. Maybe he doesn't care, and will continue building this other structure despite the ridicule.
There is only one possible good outcome, and that's him continuing to build his own structure (or, maybe, someone else's). What about him working on yours, you ask? Why the hell would he want to do that, after you shit all over his hard work? Any other outcomes aren't good either, as you've effectively stifled future innovation, or at the very least, (possibly/likely) ostracized someone from ever coming to your own group. Congratulations.
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Say you were a child, and you were playing with blocks. Say you built (what you thought was) this great structure. Now, what if someone else, who was playing next to you, made a different (but equally interesting, however smaller) structure that shared the same purpose. Would you go and tell that person he was stupid, that there was nothing wrong with your own structure and so his was pointless, or something to that effect? What would happen to that person? Would he be forever marred by his "failure" and decide to never build with blocks again? Would it be less drastic? Maybe he would just dis-associate himself with the person who said his structure wasn't good. Maybe he doesn't care, and will continue building this other structure despite the ridicule.
There is only one possible good outcome, and that's him continuing to build his own structure (or, maybe, someone else's). What about him working on yours, you ask? Why the hell would he want to do that, after you shit all over his hard work? Any other outcomes aren't good either, as you've effectively stifled future innovation, or at the very least, (possibly/likely) ostracized someone from ever coming to your own group. Congratulations.