Pascal Nunes

I use this phrase often, and credit myself for its invention... If there is any other inventer, copyrigh t holder or the like I am not aware of you. I use this whenever one of my friends make a statement that conveys little information, but may appear to be telling you a lot.

I do not believe in astrology. My opinion is that astrologers make sufficiently vague statements to be able to fit a very wide variety of situations. They can never be precise cause they have no real information to convey. Has anyone ever given you advice of the kind, "It would be better if you made some improvements". Seems like a completely meaningful sentence, but conveys no information, other than that a possibility that your work is not being appreciated ;) What is wrong with the work? What can be improved? What did the person not like in particular? Is there anything that the person liked? That statement makes no sense.

The common causes of this kind of statements are that the person has little knowledge of the topic or the person has little interest in the topic. The "useless adviser" does not care enough and does not pay sufficient attention to give any meaningful advice. Unless the thoughts of such people really matter to you or your work, promptly ignore these smart-asses. If you are engineer student from Mumbai University and that person happens to be a teacher... don't even bother a second thought about those comments. Trying to understand what that comment would be futile. If the opinions of that person matter to you...duh!! Well, try asking them all the question I just mentioned...just repeating them here:

• What is wrong with the work?
  
• What can be improved?
  
• What did the person not like in particular?
  
• Is there anything that the person liked?

This should give you atleast some idea about what is going on in that blokes head. What is better is that if forces them to think more clearly. So you get some better answers, some information. If they insist on more absurdity, and statements that carry little meaning, you can always use your sane mind to figure the right questions that can get the information out of them, or atleast force them to think before they begin to speak. But... but, always ask yourself, is it worth!! And if not, you know that you are better off with out meaningless advice!!