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Wildway · 11-21-2006, 08:50 AM

Our opinions may indeed not differ substantially...I've forgotten if I saw that or not. What the heck happened with the forum disappearing for months, anyway?

I agree that you (as an e-prime thinker and writer) likely would climb the "ladder of inference", but I feel skeptical about others. I bring it up partially because I do tend to unconsciously pigeonhole people according to how they self-label (including your "facilitator" self-label...I see you in a room with flourescent lighting and flip-charts, but not walking a dog, writing a book, painting a mural, etc.).

So to protect myself, I shy away from others' willingness to self-label, as it confuses my thinking. I jump too readily towards a limiting of their activity. For me, smoke practically comes out of my ears when I try to fit unlikely activities with individuals who self-label in certan ways, i.e.

a "firefighter" who...dances ballet
a "lumberjack" who...programs software as a hobby
a "chef" who...tours the kickboxing circuit

The danger here probably lies in my assumption that this will help others; I admit I often try to generalize problems that confront me personally, as probably challenging most speakers, writers, and thinkers. This may not reflect the world very well.

11-21-2006, 08:50 AM	#14 (permalink)
Wildway Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 18	Our opinions may indeed not differ substantially...I've forgotten if I saw that or not. What the heck happened with the forum disappearing for months, anyway? I agree that you (as an e-prime thinker and writer) likely would climb the "ladder of inference", but I feel skeptical about others. I bring it up partially because I do tend to unconsciously pigeonhole people according to how they self-label (including your "facilitator" self-label...I see you in a room with flourescent lighting and flip-charts, but not walking a dog, writing a book, painting a mural, etc.). So to protect myself, I shy away from others' willingness to self-label, as it confuses my thinking. I jump too readily towards a limiting of their activity. For me, smoke practically comes out of my ears when I try to fit unlikely activities with individuals who self-label in certan ways, i.e. a "firefighter" who...dances ballet a "lumberjack" who...programs software as a hobby a "chef" who...tours the kickboxing circuit The danger here probably lies in my assumption that this will help others; I admit I often try to generalize problems that confront me personally, as probably challenging most speakers, writers, and thinkers. This may not reflect the world very well. Last edited by Wildway : 11-21-2006 at 09:01 PM.