Friday, September 28, 2007

schema theory

This idea makes a lot of sense to me.
“the real environment is altogether too big, too complex, too fleeting for direct acquaintance. We are not equipped to deal with so much subtlety, so much variety, so many permutations & combinations.”

If we all abandoned our stereotypes, it would be like saying, "I know that I don't know anything." And I think this would be a good thing. If we all embraced the fact that we only have skewed, one-dimensional, ideas of cultures and lifestyles that we aren't constantly in contact with, we could learn more about new people without any preconceived notions.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!

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