More complex, less complicated. Knowledge or ontology becomes more
robust if it is independently *accessible*, whereas expertise is the
fluidity of understanding what knowledge is most *reachable*, given some
variety of current contexts. So its more topological (what's the
most or least involved transformative path to make a smooth mapping from
one moment to the next). Granted, one generally isn't transforming
while one is grasping, but I think we refer to expertise as a kind of
broad-based competency, while what you are talking about is the
employment of that in the moment. Not so much choosing as appreciating
the conversation by allowing the complexity to come and go. *Fluency*
touches on it.
On 10/14/10 10:45 AM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:51 AM, ERIC P. CHARLES <e...@psu.edu
<mailto:e...@psu.edu>> wrote:
To connect this with the other thread, and Rich's eloquent
statement, the transcendent person is LESS complicated than the
average person. They have let go of unnecessary complications.
When you "accept everyone" and "let them all the way in" you are
actually doing LESS than an average person, who judges and
discriminates each person, and must regulate exactly how much to
let each one in.
But I would say exactly the opposite, though I wonder if "exact" and
"opposite" are really appropriate words. The person who lets thoughts
come and go without grasping at them experiences more thoughts and
more varieties of thoughts than the person who grabs at thoughts and
worries them to exhaustion. Investing awareness in determining the
correctness of passing thoughts or the appropriateness of openness
simplifies the stream of consciousness by reducing its scope.
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