tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post921079099220989543..comments2024-03-28T22:31:58.632-07:00Comments on Flying Totems: Thinking out loud Saturday Random TenBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-32201878769208556942011-10-03T22:36:51.720-07:002011-10-03T22:36:51.720-07:00Myself I try not to have too many opinions. I'...Myself I try not to have too many opinions. I've noticed this on a small, personal scale. Person X will decide they don't like person Y anymore, and taking sides turns out to be a waste of energy. While it's not an across-the-board thing, I think this applies to a lot of "issues."<br /><br />Love Rawls in all his amiable hokiness. I had to have him back.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-79775505894995861612011-10-02T13:04:26.831-07:002011-10-02T13:04:26.831-07:00It's true that there's a powerful human te...It's true that there's a powerful human tendency to want to be right so it's not surprising people will invent a supposed majority who agree with them or will stick close to others who share similar opinions and call that a majority. Even though almost everybody will admit to sometimes being wrong (I'm only human), it remains a common occurrence that in spite of evidence to the contrary people hate to abandon a position they've taken. <br /><br />I probably tend to belong to the latter category since what most people will describe as common opinion is actually received opinion determined by those in positions of power to influence the media. Actually forming an opinion requires work that most people are disinclined to do (in my opinion :) <br /><br />It's funny to remember some anthropologists have said humans are still only comfortable in small bands.<br /><br />Nice FR10. Good to see Lou Rawls.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.com