Comments on: We Think We Know What’s Going On . . . . http://lilianderson.com/2009/10/we-think-we-know-what%e2%80%99s-going-on/ Site of Lili Anderson, Ph.D. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lili http://lilianderson.com/2009/10/we-think-we-know-what%e2%80%99s-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Lili Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:08:32 +0000 http://lilianderson.com/?p=257#comment-40 I like that. I think, too, that where possible (thought admittedly not always possible), judging behaviors rather than condemning people can be safer--as in, "Eating someone else's cookies without permission is wrong," not "That guy's a jerk." I like that.

I think, too, that where possible (thought admittedly not always possible), judging behaviors rather than condemning people can be safer–as in, “Eating someone else’s cookies without permission is wrong,” not “That guy’s a jerk.”

]]> By: Pops http://lilianderson.com/2009/10/we-think-we-know-what%e2%80%99s-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Pops Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:26:04 +0000 http://lilianderson.com/?p=257#comment-39 I don't know if I would say there's a different kind of judgment or just different degrees. The correct judgment in the case of the woman at the airport would have been to ask the man why he was eating her cookies. Instead she concluded that he was a jerk. There's a certain open-mindedness and humility in the former that is missing in the latter. That's how I see it. "We should be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains fall out." [I have no idea who said this first.] I don’t know if I would say there’s a different kind of judgment or just different degrees. The correct judgment in the case of the woman at the airport would have been to ask the man why he was eating her cookies. Instead she concluded that he was a jerk. There’s a certain open-mindedness and humility in the former that is missing in the latter. That’s how I see it.

“We should be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains fall out.” [I have no idea who said this first.]

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