CreamFreak wrote:PuddyTat and Essentials - I understand what you're saying. I guess it is better to ask as oppose to let things stand as they are. Otherwise how would we even pick the bullsh!t from the honest statements?
It is just too easy to lie online, so if you write long responses to people, i would recommend remembering who you're talking to is all. If that even changes anything.
In my opinion my main purpose here is not to assess the honesty of people. The reason why I am probing into topics and present my reasoning around things is not directed towards such an ultimate interest /objective. at all.
You seem to assume this along with many others here. I am probing into topics because I learn from the discussions as such. Whether or not people lie about themselves is not relevant. It is their thoughts , reflections and ways of reasoning about things that produce knowledge and understanding .
I have tried to explain this so many times in different ways but people do not seem to understand what I mean. It frustrates me. It seems as if people are determined that all communication here is based on foundations of hidden agendas and ambitions to make up false identities etc .
I suspect that part of the reason to this inability (?) disinterest (?) to be open about alternative world views is because this behaviour is a normality for you in everyday life.
I might be wrong assuming this, who knows. I can only speculate .
Perhaps you will be able to acknowledge that there are different approaches to life and be open for this fact. How can you learn to see the world if you do not acknowledge that people are not driven by the same interests and attitudes, that their world look different than yours.
If you are fixated with this belief you make life more difficult for yourself when it comes to learning from it - at least in my opinion. This doesn’t even require an ability to empathise.
Assumptions can be seen as spring-boards for learning. If one is open for the idea that they are mere assumptions and not objective facts about reality. The way you speak and what you say convey much about your assumptions. You are entitled to hold them and stick to them.
But I would very much appreciate if you do not push me into your pre-conceived box of general human behaviour .