--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote:
> Xeno, sorry, but you are SO far from understanding what > the issues are with Share. Facile observations about > general vs. specific thinking styles don't begin to cut > it. Just for starters, there are (at last count) seven > different people on FFL who have the same criticisms of > her. > For starters, your starting argument is 'argumentum ad numerum', a logical fallacy that makes the assumption that because a number of people believe a certain proposition to be true, it must be true. Now your proposition may be true, but not because of your argument here. Thinking styles of those here on FFL may be more a factor than you are currently surmising. Here is a sample from a current theory. I find it interesting because, since I started meditation, I think my style has shifted from the more analytic style to the more experiential style. While people do not fall directly into just one column or the other here, this is instructive in thinking how we process information can affect our interactions with others. I would tend to put you 'generally' in the first column, and Share, and myself in the second column. It is something to think about when experiencing differences of opinion with others. CHARACTERISTICS OF EXPERIENTIAL AND RATIONAL THINKING STYLES IN COGNITIVE-EXPERIENTIAL SELF-THEORY (CEST) (ADAPTED FROM SEYMOUR EPSTEIN 2003) (This is a two-pronged process model of perception. 'Human irrationality has consistently been a major area of focus in cognitive research. CEST argues that by gaining and understanding of our rational and experiential systems, and how they interact, we can gain insight into how these primarily adaptive systems, can in some cases lead to maladaptive behaviour.') Rational Thinking Style Experiential Thinking Style 1 Analytic Holistic 2 Intentional, effortful Automatic, effortless 3 Logical: reason oriented (what is rational or sensible) Emotional/affective: pleasure-pain oriented (what feels good) 4 Logical, cause and effect, connections Associative connections 5 Behavior mediated by conscious appraisal of events Behavior mediated by "vibes" from past events 6 Encodes reality in abstract symbols, words, and numbers Encodes reality in concrete images, metaphors, and narratives 7 Slower processing; oriented toward delayed action More rapid processing; oriented toward immediate action 8 Changes more rapidly and easily; changes with strength of argument and new evidence Slower and more resistant to change: change with repetitive or intense experience 9 More highly differentiated; dimensional thinking Less differentiated; broad generalization gradient; context-specific processing; categorical and stereotypical thinking 10 More highly integrated; context-general principles Less integrated; disociative, organized in part by emotional complexes; context-specific processing 11 Experienced actively and consciously; we are in control of our thoughts Experienced passively and preconsciously; we are seized by our emotions 12 Requires justification via logic and evidence Self-evidently valid; "experiencing is believing" 13 More process oriented More outcome oriented
