Love this! Sometimes I am in need of a good reminder that not everyone is crazy, and also to not let politics interfere with my daily routine/peace of mind. You are an excellent writer and I truly enjoy reading your articles. So glad you left Timcast for better things. I feel we could be true friends if we lived closer - but I'll continue to support from afar :) - Lydia from Indiana
Good luck in the big city! I personally think it’s great your moving to a blue city as you can offer your expertise to help enlighten people, like the work Scott Presler does. Keep fighting the good fight! Love from the uk
Stay safe, Lyds. Miss you at IRL. They need a strong female voice to balance Beanie man. You are also missed at PCC. I hope you come to visit there. Someone needs to mediate between Mary and Brett. LOL. :)
Hi Lydia, I just watched your accompanying YouTube vid. I was wondering if you have read Jonathan Haidt's book "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion"...(If not, it's a recommended read--I think you'd find it validates at least some of what you say in the video, e.g. "If you really want to change someone's mind on a moral or political matter, you'll need to see things from that person's angle as well as your own" (p. 58). In his book, he promotes a 'social intuitionist model,' that we are foremost guided by automatic intuitions in arriving at a moral position, and reasoning processes take second place: "Intuitions comes first, strategic reasoning second," "Moral judgment is not a purely cerebral affair in which we weigh concerns about harm, rights, and justice. it's a kind of rapid, automatic process more akin to the judgments animals make as they move through the world, feeling themselves drawn toward or away from various things." He uses the metaphor of a powerful elephant (intuitions, automatic processes) with a rider atop of it (reasoning) desperately trying to control it. So, he says, in order to persuade others, you have to be able to talk to their 'elephants.' :) Best, Joe
Love this! Sometimes I am in need of a good reminder that not everyone is crazy, and also to not let politics interfere with my daily routine/peace of mind. You are an excellent writer and I truly enjoy reading your articles. So glad you left Timcast for better things. I feel we could be true friends if we lived closer - but I'll continue to support from afar :) - Lydia from Indiana
Good luck in the big city! I personally think it’s great your moving to a blue city as you can offer your expertise to help enlighten people, like the work Scott Presler does. Keep fighting the good fight! Love from the uk
Stay safe, Lyds. Miss you at IRL. They need a strong female voice to balance Beanie man. You are also missed at PCC. I hope you come to visit there. Someone needs to mediate between Mary and Brett. LOL. :)
Hi Lydia, I just watched your accompanying YouTube vid. I was wondering if you have read Jonathan Haidt's book "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion"...(If not, it's a recommended read--I think you'd find it validates at least some of what you say in the video, e.g. "If you really want to change someone's mind on a moral or political matter, you'll need to see things from that person's angle as well as your own" (p. 58). In his book, he promotes a 'social intuitionist model,' that we are foremost guided by automatic intuitions in arriving at a moral position, and reasoning processes take second place: "Intuitions comes first, strategic reasoning second," "Moral judgment is not a purely cerebral affair in which we weigh concerns about harm, rights, and justice. it's a kind of rapid, automatic process more akin to the judgments animals make as they move through the world, feeling themselves drawn toward or away from various things." He uses the metaphor of a powerful elephant (intuitions, automatic processes) with a rider atop of it (reasoning) desperately trying to control it. So, he says, in order to persuade others, you have to be able to talk to their 'elephants.' :) Best, Joe