Negative criticism is easy because it is always possible to find fault with anything if one looks hard enough. It is quite easy to concentrate on the faults and ignore what is worthwhile. But the main attraction of criticism is that is at once makes the critic superior to what he is criticizing. Because criticism is so easy it is often the refuge of mediocre minds who cannot be interesting in any other way.
Edward deBono: The Happiness Purpose
“It is easy to make a negative critique, because it is always possible to find fault with anything if you look closely enough. It is always possible to find faults in anything if you look closely enough. It is very easy to solely Drawing attention to shortcomings, [Ignore what is worthwhile. But the main attraction of criticism is that it makes the critic seem greater than the thing being criticized. Extremely easy to critique, so it often becomes A refuge for the mediocre that cannot be interesting in any other way. - Everything has its drawbacks.
- Edward Debono is the proponent of lateral thinking, [6 hats
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I’m sure there was a page somewhere where Mr. K. explained the negative connotation of “it’s easy to (point out|criticize|find) others’ (errors|mistakes)”, but I can’t find it: …
- I thought I’d post a link in connection with [/arpla/behavioral norm 4#623d41891280f00000e47488](https://scrapbox.io/arpla/behavioral norm 4#623d41891280f00000e47488).
- I guess this is it.
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someone else’s mistake The Mistakes of Others Criticism is easy.
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