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Consider the following exercise in critical thinking, if you can tear yourselves away from gossiping about each others' love lives long enough to put some actual thought into formulating an answer:

If you had never before encountered a being like yourself before - a human, for example, or however you classify yourself - what would you most want to know about these beings? What are the most important concepts that are fundamental to your existence?

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The ones that brag are usually easy opponents. [He considers himself an exception to that rule.] Why not? I have nothing to hide.

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Some might argue that wise men do not wear name tags, that it's more prudent to let a potential opponent underestimate your abilities.