Re: Speak Your Truth

"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote:

>"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:PJidnQIELOCzA6HcRVn-uQ@comcast.com...
>>
>> "mAsterdam" <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote in message
>> news:4139e02c$0$78749$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl...
>> >
>> > No! "*my* view" (emphasis mine).
>> > One of the (your) purposes of talking EDS vs IDS was to get
>> > the discussion out of this them vs. us tone, right?
>>
>> I need to clarify something here. When I used the phrase "my view", I did
>> NOT mean "My opinion about what the correct view is".
>
>While there is a danger in becoming overly convinced of one's own
>opinions, there is another danger in the opposite direction: becoming
>overly weak about holding one's own opinions.
>
>In fact, even the phrase "in my opinion" serves no real purpose.
>Everything everyone says everywhere is their opinion. That is,
>they are describing the truth as best they understand it. (Unless
>they are explicitly hypothesizing.) Any leading "I think that..." can
>be omitted, because it is redundant.

     I think that you just stated...?

>The best thing for a debate is when all participants speak
>the truth as they understand it.

     The truth, AIUI, is that a thing appears me to AIUI.

>As an exercise, read the version of this post below the
>signature, and tell me if it is any better than the actual
>post.

     I think so. You are not speaking from on high. Writing about ones uncertainties (in the sense of not being totally certain), I think focuses one on how true is it.

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.