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This is an explanation of why people like fairy tales--but he has the causation in the wrong direction. We like fairy tales because they appeal to our natural
by GavinB 17y ago
This is an explanation of why people like fairy tales--but he has the causation in the wrong direction.
We like fairy tales because they appeal to our natural sense of drama--they aren't the cause of it.
- kijiki 17y agoI think we're going to need some partial differential equations to work through this one...
- 10ren 17y agoYou're right, but his has a more memorable take-home: "We're trying to make our life into a fairy tale." For convincing reason X, we create drama and problems for ourselves unnecessarily. We shouldn't do that. It's silly and childish. The truthfulness of reason X is irrelevant for the truthfulness of his primary point. I smile at his disingenuousness, and take home his message. I don't think he's actually trying to fool anyone - it's just a way of making a point. Personally, I like demanding tasks, because then people on the team have less time for politics. United against a common enemy/for a common purpose and all that.