I mean, we all hear about people thinking what they think only because the people around them think it too. So how do you avoid doing that?
I mean, we all hear about people thinking what they think only because the people around them think it too. So how do you avoid doing that?
I disagree. I believe that in the right hands it sharpens as it passes. If it does not, then you might need to change the way you talk to others in order to get there.
There are many times I have had thoughts that are principally correct or ideologically true to my beliefs, but that has been more moderated as I have heard the opinions and thoughts of others.
In a perfect world my values would be shared by everyone and the principles I hold would be shared amongst everyone. But we live in a world of compromise, and we can not fight every fight. And also, I am not infallible, my core beliefs are probably somewhat wrong.
Take the very current situation with free speech. I used to have a lot stronger opinion in support of absolute free speech, now I am more reserved. Principally I believe in absolute free speech still, but that won’t work in a non-perfect world
Consider what is exchanged when we speak. We exchange symbols with associated meaning.
The symbols, those are clear enough, but the meaning, that’s assumed.
So there is that large assumption that I mean what you mean.
With dead-common subjects it’s a safe assumption. With strange subjects the assumption might prove false. Most subjects will fall in the middle somewhere. The assumption will, to some degree, fail. But we will probably pretend that it didn’t or simply neglect to consider the possibility.
So there is an unrecognized degree of failure to convey meaning there. A kind of noise.
And that noise compounds every time the words pass from person to person.