I struggle with my biases and prejudices, but am aided by the fact that I am continually thrust into situations where I meet people who are well exceptions. My Boss is an ultra-conservative, Pro Bush, probably pro-life, don't know - she said the other day she missed the days when stores were closed on Sundays and we had morals. My response, "no problem with morals, just don't legislate them". Outside of that one thing - my boss is probably the best boss I've ever had. Fair. Rational. She leaves early, I get to leave early. I trust her. The boss I had before this job, hated the Bush administration, was liberal, and most likely pro-choice. Not that I asked. He was from hell. I wouldn't wish this person on my worst enemy. A serial bully.
Made me realize I can't judge people by their biases or their politics or their religion. Every time I try, they do something contradictory to my expectations. For that - I'm incredibly lucky.
Don't recall Plato's sense of it - although could look up, but no time. I think what she was saying wasn't that there isn't "truth" per se, but that humans being cognitive misers are incapable of seeing it. That I agree with. To see truth, we'd have to first let go of every biasis including those we aren't aware of.
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Date: 2005-11-13 06:43 pm (UTC)Made me realize I can't judge people by their biases or their politics or their religion. Every time I try, they do something contradictory to my expectations. For that - I'm incredibly lucky.
Don't recall Plato's sense of it - although could look up, but no time. I think what she was saying wasn't that there isn't "truth" per se, but that humans being cognitive misers are incapable of seeing it.
That I agree with. To see truth, we'd have to first let go of every biasis including those we aren't aware of.