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Rekna · 03-09-2006, 10:08 AM

Everyone has a worldview. That is, some way that they view the world. This view is defined by our collections of experiences. Everyone has different experiences during their lives and this means that no one in the world has the same worldview as you. Also your worldview is not the "correct" worldview. I've noticed lots of people in this world refuse to look at someone else’s worldview before dismissing their opinion as stupid, arrogant, naive, etc. It is my opinion that refusal to at least try and understand someone else’s worldview before making decisions that effect them is detrimental to society. So please before dismissing someone else’s opinion take a little time to think about what someone else’s worldview might be.

For example, in another thread right now we have people saying that the “terrorists” (used loosely) are all crazy and the only solution is to hunt them all down and kill them. But the problem simplistic single worldview approach is that placing large groups of people into the category crazy because you don’t understand them or haven’t tried to understand them is in my opinion silly. In my worldview people that attack civilians are wrong but in someone else’s worldview that might not be the case. Let’s try to look at the worldview of these “terrorists” and come up with a better understanding than they are “crazy”. If we understand their worldview and the causes for it then we might be able to change the world. If terrorism is bread through hatred, then is giving them more reasons to hate us a solution to the problem? Why might someone attack civilians? Well, if you back someone into a corner they will do whatever they can to get out of that corner, including things we might think are crazy. Why might these “terrorists” feel cornered? If Mike Tyson were attacking you would you fight him with your fists even though you have a bat next to you? We could continue with questions like this and develop a much richer discussion than just dismissing them offhand as crazy. And for everyone that thinks attacking civilians is crazy look at the largest civilian attacks that I know of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Can we really dismiss targeting civilians offhand as the acts of crazy people?

So again I am asking people to please consider that other worldviews exist, that they may not agree with yours, but because of the other persons collections of experiences it may be a perfectly valid worldview. By looking at their worldview you may just gain some insight.

03-09-2006, 10:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rekna Junkie	World Views Everyone has a worldview. That is, some way that they view the world. This view is defined by our collections of experiences. Everyone has different experiences during their lives and this means that no one in the world has the same worldview as you. Also your worldview is not the "correct" worldview. I've noticed lots of people in this world refuse to look at someone else’s worldview before dismissing their opinion as stupid, arrogant, naive, etc. It is my opinion that refusal to at least try and understand someone else’s worldview before making decisions that effect them is detrimental to society. So please before dismissing someone else’s opinion take a little time to think about what someone else’s worldview might be. For example, in another thread right now we have people saying that the “terrorists” (used loosely) are all crazy and the only solution is to hunt them all down and kill them. But the problem simplistic single worldview approach is that placing large groups of people into the category crazy because you don’t understand them or haven’t tried to understand them is in my opinion silly. In my worldview people that attack civilians are wrong but in someone else’s worldview that might not be the case. Let’s try to look at the worldview of these “terrorists” and come up with a better understanding than they are “crazy”. If we understand their worldview and the causes for it then we might be able to change the world. If terrorism is bread through hatred, then is giving them more reasons to hate us a solution to the problem? Why might someone attack civilians? Well, if you back someone into a corner they will do whatever they can to get out of that corner, including things we might think are crazy. Why might these “terrorists” feel cornered? If Mike Tyson were attacking you would you fight him with your fists even though you have a bat next to you? We could continue with questions like this and develop a much richer discussion than just dismissing them offhand as crazy. And for everyone that thinks attacking civilians is crazy look at the largest civilian attacks that I know of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Can we really dismiss targeting civilians offhand as the acts of crazy people? So again I am asking people to please consider that other worldviews exist, that they may not agree with yours, but because of the other persons collections of experiences it may be a perfectly valid worldview. By looking at their worldview you may just gain some insight.