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There are 2 kinds of people in the world, those that divide people in 2 clear categories, those that not, and those that understand that things may not be binar
by gmuslera 3y ago
There are 2 kinds of people in the world, those that divide people in 2 clear categories, those that not, and those that understand that things may not be binary.
- gumby 3y agoI see this clearly but over time my opinion is shifted a little: especially in writing an essay one often makes a distinction sharper than intended as a consequence of being clear. Yes, in physics there’s a quantum world and a classical world. But we teach little kids that there are polite ways to act outside the home and more relaxed rules at home. Then they spend another few decades figuring out that there isn’t a hard and fast separation. But they need to start with a simple model.
- drewcoo 3y agoSo if we're only ever presented with simple models like the article, isn't that infantilizing?
- gumby 3y agoNot at all -- it's the right way to introduce a modeln because it focuses on the novel. The reader can take it from there.
- hakunin 3y agoI think the opposite is true: it's infantilizing to treat the reader like they take things literally, or interpret things in the worst way. Most novel categorizations are there to give you a new lens through which you can analyze the world yourself.
- hakunin 3y agoThings don't have to be binary to be placed into 2 categories. They can also be bimodal to a varying extent. Most of the time that's what people mean.
- fallinghawks 3y agoPersonally, I had both "asker" and "guesser" qualities as defined in the article so it hasn't made it any clearer about how I am as an employee, or how to deal with other employees.