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Termyn8or -> RE: Projecting insecurity (12/6/2008 1:17:09 PM)
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I shall surely drown in this can of worms should I assist in turning the crank of the can opener.
Projection is the basis of many human interactions. However as defined in the science of psychology, it is not what people think exactly. Projection is actually a filter, of all you see, hear and read.
It is also neither good nor bad, it is merely one aspect of one's personality. Sometimes projection is counterproductive, as we have seen, but sometimes it is a path to reach a common ground.
People just don't know the right way to go about it. First of all one must be aware of this common trait, and use intellect to control it. One must also realize when another in projecting.
Think of it this way (and I just now thought of this), think of a movie projector, you put the film in and there is a bright light behind it and it projects it on the screen. If you take the same projector and put unexposed film in it, remove the bulb and light the scene very brightly, it will expose the film and that can be developed and so forth. Indeed the operation of an actual movie camera is near identical to operation of a movie projector.
In that way people get caught up in their "image" so to speak. they have to prove every point they make, actually because they haven't made a point. A conflicting image is percieved and therefore must be fought off, lest one's image be damaged. Endless cites and quotes about tertiary issues on this board are empirical proof of what I assert.
While this is only a guess, I think the OP wants to point this out so that others can possibly see what is going on. Damn near every thread is wrecked with people quibbling over stats and minor, barely relevant points. I see it every day here. So you think this, so you think that, still the same thing. It is nonsense and makes a mockery of one of the best forums I have come across. I am sick of it. Someone can post something and I will respond, but the next day when I see forty seven posts in the thread I just stay away, or jump through. I don't have the time to reread all the quotes. I have no desire to participate in tertiary arguments. If I argue, facts are facts, and they should only be brought up when necessary.
This is a discussion forum, not a testing lab. Opinions go here. You are never going to agree on everything so get over it and have a good time. If you don't prove your point to someone else, who cares ? Enjoy your superior smartness.
This is intellectual insecurity being displayed, there are other types, physical for one, which make us want to go into flight or fight, emotional which screws alot of things up in too many ways to enumerate here, and of course the intellectual. Intellectual insecurity is fought mainly with diplomas on the wall, strikingly scientific statements and a few other ways.
Then we get to the point where the opinion is not projected, just the insecurity.
Personally I think we can do better.
T
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