So my question to you is this. Have you ever had a brief exchange with someone that just didn't make any kind of linear sense? Did someone ever say something that just didn't sound right? Do tell!
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Most often when people ask me to do things. I either end up tilting my head in confusio or doing it wrong. I sometimes think I am half deaf.... But not seriously.
Once had a debate in in Poli Sci a few weeks ago on Universal Health Care (I chose to defend it.)
The debate between my opponent and I was going alright and it was intellectually stimulating. That is until someone in the audience shouted
After a tense moment of silence I was able to piece together what he really meant to say...
The debate between my opponent and I was going alright and it was intellectually stimulating. That is until someone in the audience shouted
After that statement I could no longer think for about a minute and a half while I tried to piece together what I could only describe as being "shat out" the mouth of someone who had no idea what they were talking about.
After a tense moment of silence I was able to piece together what he really meant to say...
...to which I replied with the point I had presented not a moment before being rudely derailed.
The assertion being made is simple enough I'd say. The more one knows, the less they come face to face with things they do NOT know. As one's knowledge base increases, the result is, inevitably, a reduced drive to seek answers.
To put this in perspective, people often make decisions based on a "moral foundation" of some sort. For example, people inclined to believe in the common scientific explanation for the start of the universe, the Big Bang, are relatively unlikely to actually pursue research into an alternate explanation. In another example, people often gradually assume a political identity. The issues that are debated in a national forum are often far too complex to allow for an in depth examination of all the relevant factors and rather than pursue information people instead rely on their current base of knowledge to make a snap judgement.
To put this in perspective, people often make decisions based on a "moral foundation" of some sort. For example, people inclined to believe in the common scientific explanation for the start of the universe, the Big Bang, are relatively unlikely to actually pursue research into an alternate explanation. In another example, people often gradually assume a political identity. The issues that are debated in a national forum are often far too complex to allow for an in depth examination of all the relevant factors and rather than pursue information people instead rely on their current base of knowledge to make a snap judgement.
I have a friend who was born in Sudan and grew up in Kenya; he is very, very black ? his skin is about as dark as it gets. One night he was telling us about how a bus driver had driven past him, and told him that he needed to wear brighter clothes because he was so dark that the bus driver couldn't see him. Several friends were horrified by the driver's comments, but one friend was on the bus driver's side, saying that if he couldn't see him, that was all there was to it ? if he's too dark, it is conceivable that it could have been an honest mistake. The first friend responded, "it was three o'clock in the afternoon."
The explanation was that it was three o'clock in the afternoon the next day when the bus driver explained himself.
The explanation was that it was three o'clock in the afternoon the next day when the bus driver explained himself.
