I like this, Ron. Sanity is not truth, sanity is a lie the sane tell themselves in order to cope with the truth. Insanity comes from preferring truth to coping.
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 9:15 AM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > Insanity as an absence of common characteristics is also demonstrated > by the Rorschach ink-blot test for schizophrenia. In this test, randomly > formed ink splotches are shown to the patient and he is asked what he sees. > If he says, 'I see a pretty lady with a flowering hat,' that is not a sign > of schizophrenia. But if he says, 'All I see is an ink-blot,' he is showing > signs of schizophrenia. The person who responds with the most elaborate lie > gets the highest score for sanity. The person who tells the absolute truth > does not. Sanity is not truth. Sanity is conformity to what is socially > expected. Truth is sometimes in conformity, sometimes not. > Phaedrus had adopted the term 'static filter' for this phenomenon. He saw > that this static filter operates at all levels. When, for example, someone > praises your home town or family or ideas you believe that and remember it, > but when someone condemns these institutions you get angry and condemn him > and dismiss what he has said and forget it. Your static value system > filters > out the undesirable opinions and preserves the desirable ones. > But it isn't just opinions that get filtered out. It's also data. When > you buy a certain model of car you may be amazed at how the highways fill > up with other people driving the same model. Because you now value this > model more you now see more of it. > Lila ch26 > > > > 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/
