# Three general groups of people, in relation to their approach to knowledge **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-general-groups-of-people-in-relation-to-their-approach-to-knowledge/311082 "2005-07-05T00:47:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-general-groups-of-people-in-relation-to-their-approach-to-knowledge/311082/41 "2005-07-06T18:56:42Z")
There are two types of people in the World: those who divide people into two sorts and those who don’t. There are 10 types of people in the World: those who use binary and those who don’t. Your group 3 types are perfect to play poker with. They have … intuition, rather than a knowledge of probability. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-general-groups-of-people-in-relation-to-their-approach-to-knowledge/311082/42 "2005-07-06T20:00:04Z")
For some reason the OP reminds me of this quote > [@Robert Heinlein](#): > > Most people can’t think, most of the remainder won’t think, the small fraction who do think mostly can’t do it very well. > The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion; in the long run, these are the only people who count." Guess which group I think the OP belongs in? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-general-groups-of-people-in-relation-to-their-approach-to-knowledge/311082/43 "2005-07-06T22:56:10Z")
You know, I think **Fuel** is right. I don’t think the SDMB **can** singlehandedly providing everything that one needs to leave a fulfilling life. I think we should change the motto from _“Providing everything you need to lead a fulfilling life since 1973”_ to something else. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-general-groups-of-people-in-relation-to-their-approach-to-knowledge/311082/44 "2005-07-06T23:28:56Z")
> [@aurelian](#): > > Nothing like managing to work Baroque Spanish literature into a post! 😛 Hey, you know what they say…“If it ain’t Baroque, it’s likely from the Classical or Modern periods.” I don’t know why they say that, but they do. It’s not even funny that way. They should have mentioned Romanticism. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-general-groups-of-people-in-relation-to-their-approach-to-knowledge/311082/45 "2005-07-06T23:52:40Z")
First principles. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-general-groups-of-people-in-relation-to-their-approach-to-knowledge/311082/46 "2005-07-06T23:59:24Z")
I think that anyone who thinks any aspect of the human condition can accurately be broken down into three groups either hasn’t done enough thinking, or hasn’t met enough humans. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-general-groups-of-people-in-relation-to-their-approach-to-knowledge/311082/47 "2005-07-07T00:12:04Z")
No, fercryinoutloud! **Fuel** has made it abundantly clear… well… OK, not all that clear at first… that these three groups of people \*don’t encompass the whole of humanity. Broad categories that might not include anyone you know. Isn’t that useful? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-general-groups-of-people-in-relation-to-their-approach-to-knowledge/311082.md?page=2)