Comments on: Moderation http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/01/27/moderation/ To explore and evaluate the true causes of social and environmental problems and how prejudice and emotion prevent solutions to those problems Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: John http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/01/27/moderation/#comment-61 John Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:43:42 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/01/27/moderation/#comment-61 Peter. Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. What is the saying? "There is none so blind as he who will not see." A closed mind doesn't permit new information to enter. Our decision process should be like a balance. We should collect a sufficient pile of 'facts' and on one side put the ones that we agree with and on the other, the ones we don't agree with. When we find that the balance has tipped to the side that we don't agree with it is time to reevalute our position--even if it hurts. Peter.

Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment.
What is the saying? “There is none so blind as he who will not see.”
A closed mind doesn’t permit new information to enter.
Our decision process should be like a balance. We should collect a sufficient pile of ‘facts’ and on one side put the ones that we agree with and on the other, the ones we don’t agree with.
When we find that the balance has tipped to the side that we don’t agree with it is time to reevalute our position–even if it hurts.

]]> By: peter http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/01/27/moderation/#comment-58 peter Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:27:32 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/01/27/moderation/#comment-58 Learning is an unending process (if we allow it to happen), and effective learning alters behavior or pathways of thought. If we are to advance as a race -that is 'human race' - we must be open to all forms of education and information. To even consider remaining static - unwilling to learn or change - is a frightening thought! The world has infinite content, and anyone who would presume to have a handle on it might find themselves humbled... Learning is an unending process (if we allow it to happen), and effective learning alters behavior or pathways of thought. If we are to advance as a race -that is ‘human race’ - we must be open to all forms of education and information. To even consider remaining static - unwilling to learn or change - is a frightening thought! The world has infinite content, and anyone who would presume to have a handle on it might find themselves humbled…

]]> By: rainer http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/01/27/moderation/#comment-55 rainer Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:50:46 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/01/27/moderation/#comment-55 I love this post. You have described the path to your question so vivid, that I enjoyed every sentence of it. Yes, maybe there are local optimized truth and I am looking forward for your next post. @Darell 75 is a fine age, and your comment is very interesting. I love this post. You have described the path to your question so vivid, that I enjoyed every sentence of it.
Yes, maybe there are local optimized truth and I am looking forward for your next post.
@Darell 75 is a fine age, and your comment is very interesting.

]]> By: John http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/01/27/moderation/#comment-54 John Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:30:45 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/01/27/moderation/#comment-54 Incredible insight! This proves my point, there are still "great thinkers" out there in the world. Perhaps in that is our salvation. Thank you for your comments. Incredible insight!
This proves my point, there are still “great thinkers” out there in the world.
Perhaps in that is our salvation.

Thank you for your comments.

]]> By: Darrell Fichtl http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/01/27/moderation/#comment-53 Darrell Fichtl Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:44:09 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/01/27/moderation/#comment-53 To be very honest, truth gives me problems. Not truth itself, if you can find it, but rather the human perception of truth. At 75 I’m beginning to believe there is no truth whatsoever, barring the immediate moment. What was true an hour ago, a day or month ago, years ago may not be true today. The realms of politics and religion hardly ever tell the truth either from not knowing, pointedly lying or gross exaggeration.. Many criminal convictions are now being overturned because of the “truth” as we know it today, maybe not the “truth” tomorrow, but for today it is. The whole problem being that the definition of truth is a very personal thing. We see truth through our limited perception. That perception maybe so biased that the actual “truth” is completely overshadowed with our own prejudices. I’m not talking about any racial or physiological biases but small unperceived biases that exist in each one of us. There are always special case truths such as up and done but these “truths” are limited to a special place. Asking someone to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is pointless because you are asking someone to tell you their perceptions “through the looking glass”. That “looking glass” maybe so cracked, colored and distorted that any recollection to what actually occurred is only a fragment of reality mixed in with all that the observers mind fills in. I’m not saying that they are lying. They may be, but probably not, if the subject is of no hindrance or benefit to the observer. Considering the current divorce rate, even the “I love you” is only good for right now. The ironic joke is that if you were asked on an employment interview, “Do you lie”, and you actually told the truth you’d never be hired. We interpret that question in our own minds as, “Do you lie consistently” and of course we answer no! Most have heard about Diogenes the Cynic. He searched all of Greece for an honest person. Well, guys and gals, trust me, he’s still look’en, and that’s the truth!! To be very honest, truth gives me problems. Not truth itself, if you can find it, but rather the human perception of truth.

At 75 I’m beginning to believe there is no truth whatsoever, barring the immediate moment. What was true an hour ago, a day or month ago, years ago may not be true today. The realms of politics and religion hardly ever tell the truth either from not knowing, pointedly lying or gross exaggeration..

Many criminal convictions are now being overturned because of the “truth” as we know it today, maybe not the “truth” tomorrow, but for today it is.

The whole problem being that the definition of truth is a very personal thing. We see truth through our limited perception. That perception maybe so biased that the actual “truth” is completely overshadowed with our own prejudices. I’m not talking about any racial or physiological biases but small unperceived biases that exist in each one of us.

There are always special case truths such as up and done but these “truths” are limited to a special place. Asking someone to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is pointless because you are asking someone to tell you their perceptions “through the looking glass”. That “looking glass” maybe so cracked, colored and distorted that any recollection to what actually occurred is only a fragment of reality mixed in with all that the observers mind fills in. I’m not saying that they are lying. They may be, but probably not, if the subject is of no hindrance or benefit to the observer.

Considering the current divorce rate, even the “I love you” is only good for right now.

The ironic joke is that if you were asked on an employment interview, “Do you lie”, and you actually told the truth you’d never be hired. We interpret that question in our own minds as, “Do you lie consistently” and of course we answer no!

Most have heard about Diogenes the Cynic. He searched all of Greece for an honest person. Well, guys and gals, trust me, he’s still look’en, and that’s the truth!!

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