"Davorin Mestric" <davorin.mestric@zg.tel.hr> asks:
> who said that person who can hold two conflicting world
> views at the same time is a genius?
On this list, that would have to be Brodie... let's see here... ah yes.
"Level 3 is characterized by the ability to flex your meme-space on
the fly; to use multiple models depending upon your purpose and
priorities. It's possible to gain an intellectual understanding of
what this means from Level 2, but probably not possible to really
feel the impact of the difference in life experience. The Level-3
mind has a great capacity to hold dissonant, contradictory beliefs.
(Einstein was said to have this ability.)" -- Richard Brodie
If I were you, I'd ignore everything that Brodie has to say. Read it,
perhaps, but don't put any weight on it! Level-3 strikes me as nothing but
holding "Double-Think" as a virtue... as if that isn't the quickest way to
intellectual death!
> when people argue, they will look for reasons why one side is
> right, and other wrong. and there will be many reasons. so
> after a fight, two sides usually come out with even stronger
> beliefs. so, don't fight, but agree to the other side.
Another alternative is to debate THE OTHER SIDE. You'd be surprised how
easy it is, once you have been assigned to it... Although only one side is
right (true), it always helps to have a through understanding of BOTH sides
before making a decision.
ERiC