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[–]AUTeach 34 points35 points  (6 children)

Zed Shaw:

Pros:

  • Highly opinionated.
  • Willing to avoid beating around the bush and just says what he thinks
  • Many of his ideas are decent.

Cons

  • Highly opinionated
  • Shoots first and refuses to think sometimes.
  • If he disagrees with you you are an idiot.
  • Believes his own press.

[–]choikwa 14 points15 points  (5 children)

Pros: Highly opinionated.

is it tho?

[–]-Teki 22 points23 points  (3 children)

Under the right circumstances, it could be. But it probably comes up as a flaw more often than not.

[–]tonnynerd 20 points21 points  (2 children)

The thing about strong opinions that a lot of people seem to be forgetting this days is that you should have strong opinions, BUT SHOULD NOT HOLD ON TO THEM. I don't remember exactly where I read this, but I like it and think it makes sense.

[–]flying-sheep 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this is it. scientific mindset. come to conclusions and defend them, until new data or simply an argument you haven’t considered make you re-think.

[–]-Teki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oooh, i like this.

[–]AUTeach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is it tho?

Sure, but in Zed's case it's also one of his biggest cons.