Re: Request to remove Information
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 12:48 -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 13:48 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> --snip--
> > Did Steve ever mention "rational"? I don't think so.
> >
> > Steve's point is that it's still *people* doing the deeds. When
> > you walk into an office building, you aren't *forcefully* assimil-
> > ted into the Borg collective.
> >
> > It's *individuals* *choosing* to go along with Groupthing, conform-
> > ism, etc.
>
> While it is true that, in the end, we all have a choice, the problem
> with a phenomenon such as groupthink is not in the choice, but in the
> data used as a basis for that choice.
>
> While you and I may look at a situation and say, "That person obviously
> made a bad decision by throwing that bucket of gasoline onto that fire",
> the person facing the fire is looking at a bucket labeled "Water" that,
> as far as she can determine, CONTAINS water.
>
> Groupthink and other socially influenced behaviors cause us to perceive
> our environments differently, thereby turning perfectly rational choices
> into apparently irrational ones. So in that sense, when you walk into an
> office building you ARE forcefully assimilated into the Borg collective.
Then we'll have to agree to disagree on this assertion.
> And unless you are an old bald man with a penchant for Earl Grey tea and
> saying things like "engage", you are not likely to get out of it
> easily. :)
>
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson, LA USA
"The government are behaving like a bevy of maiden aunts who have
fallen among buccaneers."
David Lloyd George, British prime minister; on Britain's response
to the Spanish Civil War
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