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On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Ian Glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi DMB, > > Personally I think there is causation there, but clearly a complex > two-way "dependent arising" of patterns, kinda causation. > > Interesting also that you use the word "comfort" as the thing that > people fear to leave behind, and get stressed when challenged to do > so, clearly that is a "conservative" tendency. Joining up those dots > further, I'm reminded of the (Welsh) word "cynefin". > > It was the word used by Dave Snowden (now Cognitive Edge) to name his > ex-IBM consultancy specializing dealing with the reality of complexity > in management situations. Dave quotes Pirsig in his materials. The > word cynefin translates loosely to "comfort zone". > > Regards > Ian > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:41 PM, david buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Ian said: >> ...interesting to tie physical (biological) fear to political views ... no? >> >> dmb says: >> I'd argue that the relation is correlative rather than causal, but yea, it's >> interesting to notice that conservatives tend to have a lower tolerance for >> fear. I heard about a parallel situation in a lecture on the psychology of >> religion yesterday. Apparently, religiosity correlates to a low tolerance >> for insecurity and uncertainty. It is not only a religious version of the >> same in political ideology, it explains why conservatives tend to be >> religious and vice versa. They're both part of a larger system of comforting >> ideas, comforting especially with respect to negative emotions such as fear, >> insecurity and uncertainty. >> >> And if the implications of these studies make you feel angry or defensive, >> then they're probably about you and your beliefs. That's another feature of >> this thought-style. They tend to get angry when those comforting ideas are >> challenged or questioned. As you can imagine, this type would make a very >> unlikely philosopher. >> >> This would explain the style of conservative talk radio too. Just by citing >> certain facts, you can get these hosts to scream at you, hang up on you and >> sometimes both. Try it some time. It's fun. >> >> >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. >> http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >> > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
