tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749906483175884123.post141285675782784425..comments2011-08-21T09:20:58.511-07:00Comments on Teaching Smarts: Your Own Worst Enemy: Knowing Both Sides of an IssueMatt Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947081596759328950noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749906483175884123.post-73720984029674351832011-07-23T16:55:21.923-07:002011-07-23T16:55:21.923-07:00Hi Eduardo,
Thanks for the comment. I do not min...Hi Eduardo,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. I do not mind getting philosophical. At the end of the day everything reduces to philosophy. It is essential that we get input from people to point out our "blind spots" of rationality. All that stuff that we have picked up from our culture that we cannot even fathom challenging until someone with different assumptions comes along and points them out. This does not mean that there is no objective truth that transcends cultural assumptions nor does it mean our cultural assumptions are wrong or even that it is arrogant to defend them when challenged. It just means we have to do better to find the truth than go along with our cultural assumptions.Matt Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947081596759328950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749906483175884123.post-28935845592216713302011-07-22T19:15:36.376-07:002011-07-22T19:15:36.376-07:00It has been hard to formulate my thoughts about th...It has been hard to formulate my thoughts about this blog, as I think I'm not exactly sure there are just two sides or any sides at all of "issues", and that is why I really like how you started out your blog saying what I felt as I typed up my own blog since I found a bit hard to explain myself, unless I just completely missed the point of it. In any case, I love the idea that you presented that we each have our own cultural bias, I have to say it is true, and for that I question it myself, what is a bias or truth. What I may perceive as a truth or bias I may have I may not see it as such until, someone else with different truths and biases comes and makes me question my perspectives. It really is a riveting idea, and I have o say that I completely agree, but we may just be getting a bit philosophical.Eduardo89https://www.blogger.com/profile/03219273615110288912noreply@blogger.com