Who Has the Best Communication Skills on Physics Forums?

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The discussion centers on identifying the best communicators within the forum, with several members suggesting names like Tom Mattson, Clausius, Astronuc, Moonbear, and ZapperZ. Participants express varying opinions on what constitutes effective communication, debating the value of using complex vocabulary versus clear, straightforward language. Some members highlight the importance of being approachable and humorous, while others emphasize clarity and the ability to convey ideas effectively. The conversation also touches on the subjective nature of communication skills, with individuals sharing personal preferences and experiences with different members. The thread concludes with a recognition of the diverse communication styles present in the forum and a call for mutual respect and understanding among members.
  • #151
Looked like a mini-cam to me :|
 
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  • #152
ZapperZ said:
Er.. but are you sure you want people to think it is a doorknob and have people associate you with that? :)

I remember one mother extremely angry at her ... er... very "loose" daughter that she finally has had it one day and yelled to her "Oh, you're just like a doorknob! Everybody gets a turn!"
Okay, so maybe I'll change it. My interpretations are richer.
 
  • #153
honestrosewater said:
Okay, so maybe I'll change it. My interpretations are richer.

But then again, I still have people asking what "comet" is that pictured in my avatar. So who knows what all the possible interpretations one can get out of a picture.

Zz.
 
  • #154
Hey zapper, what city is that in your avatar
 
  • #155
Pengwuino said:
Hey zapper, what city is that in your avatar

[ZapperZ smacks Pengwuino with a large boson]

Zz.
 
  • #156
ZapperZ said:
But then again, I still have people asking what "comet" is that pictured in my avatar. So who knows what all the possible interpretations one can get out of a picture.

Zz.
Hey, what is your avatar? :redface: Gimme just a hint?
 
  • #157
honestrosewater said:
Okay, so maybe I'll change it. My interpretations are richer.

It looks like a doorstop from here, due to the light ring in the middle, which looks like rubber. A nice Mena Suvari-style body shot with the strategically placed rose petals might suit you better.
 
  • #158
loseyourname said:
It looks like a doorstop from here, due to the light ring in the middle, which looks like rubber. A nice Mena Suvari-style body shot with the strategically placed rose petals might suit you better.
[imitate=Bill Lumbergh from [i]Office Space[/i]]Ummm, yeeeaaah.[/imitate]
 
  • #159
honestrosewater said:
Hey, what is your avatar? :redface: Gimme just a hint?

Not really a mystery since I've mentioned it a few times.

It's a raw data that I took from an angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) experiment of an overdoped high-Tc superconductor. It was published in PRL a few years ago. If this were done on a regular metal, the bright portion would have continued to the bottom and starts curving back up. But for this exotic material, the signal just simply diffuses away...

Now aren't you sorry you asked? :)

Zz.
 
  • #160
honestrosewater said:
[imitate=Bill Lumbergh from [i]Office Space[/i]]Ummm, yeeeaaah.[/imitate]

I googled honest rose water and she came up:

http://www.water-consciousness.com/images/meryl.jpg

If that's you, I agree with your decision not to post a picture.
 
  • #161
ZapperZ said:
Now aren't you sorry you asked? :)
No, that's cool. I don't know what 'overdoped high-Tc' means, but I think I get the idea.

loseyourname said:
I googled honest rose water and she came up:
If that's you, I agree with your decision not to post a picture.
She looks like a very nice lady, but no, I don't look that old for my age.
 
  • #162
ZapperZ said:
Er.. but are you sure you want people to think it is a doorknob and have people associate you with that? :)

I remember one mother extremely angry at her ... er... very "loose" daughter that she finally has had it one day and yelled to her "Oh, you're just like a doorknob! Everybody gets a turn!"

:)

Zz.
:smile: I've never heard that expression before! Here I was just thinking of the expression, "Dumb as a doorknob." Not sure that's a very good impression either, but at least not as bad as what you were thinking! Though I did think it was a cool picture.
 
  • #163
loseyourname said:
I googled honest rose water and she came up:
That's so very close to the way I've always imagined her.
 
  • #164
Nobody seems to talking about Communication here anymore!
Thanks God,this thread seems Fruitful now!



marlon said:
ok, what have you learned from Moonbear ?

How do the communication skills of these two people differ from each other. Where are they alike ?

If you want to make a claim, than tell us why you think something like that ? Explain your point. that is what good communication is all about. Remember to illustrate your point with examples, like extracts from posts of these people.

Good Luck

marlon


Marlon,
First of all i would like to ask you,why did you choose these two peoples out of 5 peoples i mentioned.What about other 3,??


Gentleman,you can be honest with me and ask me straight
"Why my name(Marlon!) is not there in the list"??

I very well know that yours Field(Physics!) does not crosses Moonbear's(Biology!),that must have barred you from knowing better about her,but i seriously think she is the most approachable and one of most helpful member on the Pf!I am not sure that whether she is ultimate expert of her subject but whenever she replies to anybody she keeps her all egos aside and tries to peep exactly into the situation and understand well and then she replies.Even though she ignores me but i know all this,because i read most of her replies but these days i notice that her posts in Gd seems to diverge her from her Biology section!


I realized other gr8 thought provoking lady here-Evo indeed a beautiful mind!
 
  • #165
heman said:
Marlon,
First of all i would like to ask you,why did you choose these two peoples out of 5 peoples i mentioned.What about other 3,??
I just took out two people of different fields, at random.

So what is your comparison ? You did not answer my question... I wonder why that is ? :rolleyes:

I very well know that yours Field(Physics!) does not crosses Moonbear's(Biology!),that must have barred you from knowing better about her,but i seriously think she is the most approachable and one of most helpful member on the Pf!
But how was she ever helpful to YOU ?

Being nice ain't the same as being helpful. I always feared you were going to chose for the 'el sympatico's' among us because you mix being likeable with being competent. That's so typical :rolleyes:

marlon

ps once again : i ask you to answer my original question, thankyouverymuch
 
  • #166
marlon said:
Being nice ain't the same as being helpful. I always feared you were going to chose for the 'el sympatico's' among us because you mix being likeable with being competent. That's so typical :rolleyes:
Are you accusing me of being incompetent?! :mad:

(Just teasing you, I know what you're really asking.)

Don't worry Marlon, you communicate well too, even if you're in a grouchy mood too often. :biggrin:
 
  • #167
marlon said:
I just took out two people of different fields, at random.

So what is your comparison ? You did not answer my question... I wonder why that is ? :rolleyes:


But how was she ever helpful to YOU ?

Being nice ain't the same as being helpful. I always feared you were going to chose for the 'el sympatico's' among us because you mix being likeable with being competent. That's so typical :rolleyes:

marlon

ps once again : i ask you to answer my original question, thankyouverymuch
If you read "How to approach her" thread, you can find out why he thinks Clausius2 is helpful.
 
  • #168
Moonbear said:
Are you accusing me of being incompetent?! :mad:

(Just teasing you, I know what you're really asking.)

Don't worry Marlon, you communicate well too, even if you're in a grouchy mood too often. :biggrin:

there's nothing wrong with grouchy if that is communicated with good intentions... it's part of being honest in my opinion
 
  • #169
Lisa! said:
If you read "How to approach her" thread, you can find out why he thinks Clausius2 is helpful.

Ha Ha Ha!
That's Smart Lisa!
you hit exactly at the point this time!
Well that aroused me to know about Clausius and i found him to be impressive!
 
  • #170
Thanks because of !s, heman!
 
  • #171
To Moonbear : thanks for one of the few honest opinions, together with those of Outsider

To Outsider : again you read my mind man. Glad to see there is another intelligent being here. Oopps

To Heman, hey my most beloved and most developed friend, what about an answer to my question ? Saying that Moonbear is easy to approach (which i do not agree with because she is always cloacked for the wrong reasons :)...she is just about mmmm...everywhere) does NOT imply that she is a great communicator. Again, i did not ask whether you like Moonbear or not, i do NOT CARE, i asked about a comparitive study between Clausius and Moonbear when it comes to communication skills. I also asked what YOU ever learned from her.

Please answer my question, i would be most grateful.



To Lisa : sorry, i will not reply to you anymore since i am afraid of communicating with you.

marlon
 
  • #172
marlon said:
I just took out two people of different fields, at random.

So what is your comparison ? You did not answer my question... I wonder why that is ? :rolleyes:



marlon said:
But how was she ever helpful to YOU ?

Well my topic wasn't "Who is most helpful member of Pf"
But since you have asked i will tell this time-
1.She has cleared around 15-20 queries of biology and relating to medicine !
2.She has given me some excellent time management skills,tips on scheduling etc.etc.
3.She boosted and encouraged my confidence !
I know a lot about her and when i will have time i will make a very big thread exploring her completely!At the moment i am preoccupied with Mechanics,and all those boring stuff you know!

Being nice ain't the same as being helpful. I always feared you were going to chose for the 'el sympatico's' among us because you mix being likeable with being competent. That's so typical :rolleyes:


That's typical because it's my inherent nature and i like appreciating peoples if i find them the way i think.



marlon

ps once again : i ask you to answer my original question, thankyouverymuch[/QUOTE]
 
  • #173
heman said:
Well my topic wasn't "Who is most helpful member of Pf"
But since you have asked i will tell this time-
1.She has cleared around 15-20 queries of biology and relating to medicine !
2.She has given me some excellent time management skills,tips on scheduling etc.etc.
3.She boosted and encouraged my confidence !
I know a lot about her and when i will have time i will make a very big thread exploring her completely!At the moment i am preoccupied with Mechanics,and all those boring stuff you know!

That is No answer to my question. READ MY PREVIOUS POST

Besides, as far as the time management stuff is concerned, did you by any chance asked her that through PM.

I will answer the question for you, because you seem on the slow side when it comes to responding : YES YOU DID

You did the same with me, ok, so now based upon my reply and Moonbear's reply concerning time management and self-confidence stuff, what was the most useful reply to you and why ? Who of us is better in communication when you look at Moonbear's reply and mine ? Tell me that for instance. Do not come with answers like Moonbear is easier to approach because, clearly, these types of answers do not fit within the question's context. Any mediocre communicator can see that ...

That's typical because it's my inherent nature and i like appreciating peoples if i find them the way i think.
Well, you must be real easy than...
You DO know that thinking like this creates dictators, do you ?

Can i ask you how old you really are ? Just curious.

Yours Truthfully
marlon
 
  • #174
marlon said:
To Lisa : sorry, i will not reply to you anymore since i am afraid of communicating with you.

marlon
:smile: Good. But You can get over your fear just like me. Although I really take what you said as a compliment for myself.
 
  • #175
marlon said:
To Outsider : again you read my mind man. Glad to see there is another intelligent being here. Oopps


"another"!
And who is the first one!
 
  • #176
heman said:
"another"!
And who is the first one!
Answer my questions, please, the other intelligent individual is really having fun with this discussion. This member told me that, just recently :wink: (no wink to heman)

marlon
 
  • #177
marlon said:
That is No answer to my question. READ MY PREVIOUS POST

Besides, as far as the time management stuff is concerned, did you by any chance asked her that through PM.

I will answer the question for you, because you seem on the slow side when it comes to responding : YES YOU DID

You did the same with me, ok, so now based upon my reply and Moonbear's reply concerning time management and self-confidence stuff, what was the most useful reply to you and why ? Who of us is better in communication when you look at Moonbear's reply and mine ? Tell me that for instance. Do not come with answers like Moonbear is easier to approach because, clearly, these types of answers do not fit within the question's context. Any mediocre communicator can see that ...


Well, you must be real easy than...
You DO know that thinking like this creates dictators, do you ?

Can i ask you how old you really are ? Just curious.

Yours Truthfully
marlon

Marlon i am not escaping the situation,Believe me!
I will tell you exactly what is the difference between you and Moonbear on Sunday,When i will be free and i will tell in a great massive detail!
 
  • #178
You know, hypnagogue really isn't getting his due here. Being that he is the philosophy mentor, and philosophy is basically the science of putting together cogent, coherent, clearly articulated arguments and explanations, I'm surprised no one has thought of him. He gets my vote.
 
  • #179
heman said:
Marlon i am not escaping the situation,Believe me!
I will tell you exactly what is the difference between you and Moonbear on Sunday,When i will be free and i will tell in a great massive detail!

Ohh c'mon, a great communicator is able to make his/here point crystal clear, in just a few lines. Do not write long answers because i do not read them anyway, unless they are about science or a homework problem. Just give me a short list of differences or reasons with the main justifications as to why you list these reasons.

marlon
ps / YES and i DO think you are trying to get out because, let's face it, you are waaaaaaaaayyy over your head here. You are fighting with your supreme idol (i am referring to myself here :rolleyes: ). Yeah, this is like "a student taking it back at the teacher"-thing...Well, you guessed right buddy, run away, but do realize :

i will make you an offer you cannot refuse :

"whenever i feel your heat or whenever i spot you around the corner, i will not hesitate, ; cause nomatter what, you will not get into my way ; ... ;i assure you brotha : When you least expect it : YOU ARE GOING DOWN"
 
  • #180
I think all people around here communicate well except those of them who're Mr knowlegable in every thing or Mr wet-blancket and of course high-strung people.
 

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