>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate
<no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate
> > <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > [It is useful to be] constantly being open to new data and new
> > > concepts. For
> > > example, maybe we often skip a poster which our theory predicts will
> > > waste our time. BUT, my point of the orignal post was, when we
> > > occaisionally read the post, do so with an open, fresh mind,
like you
> > > just met them, not be tied to the past and your prior evaluations of
> > > them, and see if what they write today, the words in themselves, in
> > > the CURRENT post, have any value.
> >
> > For example, if we have the view in our mind, prior to even reading a
> > post, is that, "This poster is full of Sh*t. They only post BS, play
> > games, distort and swims in logical fallacies." then guess what we
> > will find in almost any post they make: i) BS, ii) games, iii)
> > distortions, and iv) logical fallacies. The search for such often
> > overwhelms any points of merit in the post.
> >
> > My suggestion is to simply turn off the voices of past theories and
> > hypotheses about the poster, and ones apprasial of their motives, and
> > simply read their words without any prejedice -- aka pre-judgement.
> >
>
> Not possible. Even the enlightened have history that colors their
understanding of what
> they read or hear.
Are you saying its not possible at all? If so,I strongly disagree. Its
my experience that it can be done, at least to some degree. Often to a
large degree.
Are you saying its not possible completely? If so, you have a stronger
case than above. And I argue, it may be possible to be done
completely. But thats a small part of the larger question. One we can
disagree on.
But we may be having a semantic malfunction here. I suggest one can
have history that colors their understanding of what they read or hear
-- and still not be bound by pre-judgement and stereotypes of a
particular author -- but rather can give them at least one read
"without prejudice".
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