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Subject: Pigeonholing
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shadow27 14.12.16 - 04:22am
Is it important for you to put people in a category? Some people are complex, too complex to be categorized with ease * +

shadow27 14.12.16 - 04:30am
Not just people, but things.. Ugh my phone is dying. I was reading something the other day that was about how we perceive reality. Is perceiving the truth about things a good survival strategy? Or do we blinker ourselves from the ultimate truth so that it doesn't overwhelm us? Perceptual filters and all that. * +

shadow27 14.12.16 - 04:42am
So imagine.. You see a snake. Your brain identifies it as such and that's it, threat identified. Ultimate realization would have you recalling everything about snakes you had ever read, not a great survival strategy as you could be sitting there for quite some time mulling over your snake facts. * +

trashy 14.12.16 - 04:49am
You mean like stereotyping? I think everyone does it unconsciously * +

ladibud 14.12.16 - 06:11am
not really.... and if i see a snake i will run, whether right or wrong, not hang around doing revision *

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