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- o0o
when is generalizing useful?
girls/boys, politics, cultures, practical things?I don't believe it's ever useful, therefore, I can't make a generalization about the usefulness of generalizations.
- mitsu0
humans are born, not hatched
- o0o0
that's always true, it's not a generalization, it's a fact.
- mitsu0
white boys with shaved heads who create techno music are in pain.
- o0o0
ok ok, that ONE generalization is handy, when dealing with white boys with shaved heads who create techno music.....
...dammit, by 'rule' about generalizations just became a generalization.
- providence0
So its in pattern recognition and statistics that you find why generalizations are o.k.
Do you know why or what about camoflauge makes it hard to see someone camoflauged?
- mitsu0
"Do you know why or what about camoflauge makes it hard to see someone camoflauged?"
my guess would be the same consistency or lack thereof between shapes and colors of the camoflauged object and it's surrounding environment.
- providence0
Yes, mostly the important part is breaking the "human" silohuette(sp). That's why those silly ghille suits work so well.
So by this I mean that generalization helps us classify things, and unfortunately people. The bad part isn't generalization, the bad part is how you respond to your own generalizations. The difference between being prejudice and acting on your prejudices.
So I may see a dude with a pink mohawk and piercings all over his face and think wow! what a freak. And that's(to me) o.k. I mean he is a freak. But if I cross the road to stay away from him or think he only is interested in drinking, slamming, and rockin' out then I am wrong(in my opinion)
- o0o0
I dunno...
If you think "he's a freak" then you're probably thinking the rest, even if you don't cross the road. So you've already applied a basically useless generalization.... when would the generalization about guys with pink mohawks be useful?I understand about generalizations on the large scale, statistical kinds of things.... but in your day to day existence, it's different. I think we would all be better off if we were just open to whatever happens. A guy with a pink mohawk would just be something different. You wouldn't think "what a freak"... you would think "wow, dont' see that much, cool"
- lyrek0
The only absolute is that there are no absolutes...
...er...
wait a minute...
- providence0
I don't mean freak quite the way it reads.
But it would be useful because when or if I had a chance to socialize with him I would not start asking him about say...Britney Spear's new album or what color shades would go with a taupe room. That's how I think generalizations are o.k.
And me personally wouldn't cross the street, I love freaks.
- providence0
lyrek you're famaliar with the paradox then? Cool. Its better when you're wacked out on goof balls.
Zen rules
- o0o0
yeah zen
empty your mind
generalizations are preconceptions
the past is an illusion
statistics are an illusion
- chilaquil0
lyrek, are you absolutely sure about that?
- mitsu0
"The only absolute is that there are no absolutes..."
time is an absolute
- IRNlun60
generalizations are a form of control. it's mans/womans control over their domain. language is a generalization of our surroundings. a tree is a tree because we say so.
- nmdtht0
what about time is absolute?