and you wish to really explore and understand it, from every possible angle you can think of. how do you maintain a sense of perspective, a sense of balance and proportion? what i mean is, can you tell when you are being over-analytical (that's without going into the acquisition of additional biases), what's the risk of over-thinking something through study?
what's the price we pay, can instinct and intuition be compromised? does the part of us which understands and appreciates directly, very naturally, and very simply, the part that feels, suffer in the process (the intellectual endeavour)?
sorry if it seems a silly question, but it was inspired by the comments i got from one of the respondents, over at this post, and i would appreciate your sharing your experiences with me:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjJecvbs8_mwQnTId9qnnWnsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20120829095851AAZIdSS
i just want to say that i am very grateful for the way you have responded, all of (((you)))
so many interesting points raised and in such a kind manner.
megalomaniac: your "bigger picture" reminds me that it's important to remember how knowledge can make a practical difference to our lives.
the cat: 'revisiting', is there anything more useful when we are trying to appraise our own progress and development?
mo: the value of other perspectives, of working in a team. i think that's partly the issue for me, isolation (academic or otherwise) is not healthy.
para siempre: your 'find a problem and turn it into a question to resolve and to focus on' that's how PhDs are born, lol! joking aside, to look at the work with a critical eye is, i have found, a great way to keep hold of myself, to stop myself from being entirely swallowed up by the thinking of others.
musing: you pick up on the importance of original thought tambien
it is interesting to
think about how different languages emphasize such different values or aspects of experience. the whole gender issue is fascinating to me also:
"Grammatical gender also shapes how we construe abstractions. In 85 percent of artistic depictions of death and victory, for instance, the idea is represented by a man if the noun is masculine and a woman if it is feminine, says Boroditsky. Germans tend to paint death as male, and Russians tend to paint it as female."
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/20…
frou: sometimes it feels as if the weight of all these other voices - all clamouring with so much authority - are suffocating my own.
eb: putting ourselves in the path of those who would disagree with us. priceless. not only does it serve to thicken our skin and teach us a great deal about others and about ourselves but it's the one thing which can really propel us forward.
blue: the perils of mystifying or fuzzifying matters. indeed! that's the crux of what inspired
thank you canron4peace, ever changing and expanding i find easy to sign up for. throwing off the ego is a different matter - a much tougher challenge for me, especially since i am not sure i really grasp (in practical terms) how i do that, and have my doubts as to how committed to that i would be.
what's the price we pay, can instinct and intuition be compromised? does the part of us which understands and appreciates directly, very naturally, and very simply, the part that feels, suffer in the process (the intellectual endeavour)?
sorry if it seems a silly question, but it was inspired by the comments i got from one of the respondents, over at this post, and i would appreciate your sharing your experiences with me:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjJecvbs8_mwQnTId9qnnWnsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20120829095851AAZIdSS
i just want to say that i am very grateful for the way you have responded, all of (((you)))
so many interesting points raised and in such a kind manner.
megalomaniac: your "bigger picture" reminds me that it's important to remember how knowledge can make a practical difference to our lives.
the cat: 'revisiting', is there anything more useful when we are trying to appraise our own progress and development?
mo: the value of other perspectives, of working in a team. i think that's partly the issue for me, isolation (academic or otherwise) is not healthy.
para siempre: your 'find a problem and turn it into a question to resolve and to focus on' that's how PhDs are born, lol! joking aside, to look at the work with a critical eye is, i have found, a great way to keep hold of myself, to stop myself from being entirely swallowed up by the thinking of others.
musing: you pick up on the importance of original thought tambien
it is interesting to
think about how different languages emphasize such different values or aspects of experience. the whole gender issue is fascinating to me also:
"Grammatical gender also shapes how we construe abstractions. In 85 percent of artistic depictions of death and victory, for instance, the idea is represented by a man if the noun is masculine and a woman if it is feminine, says Boroditsky. Germans tend to paint death as male, and Russians tend to paint it as female."
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/20…
frou: sometimes it feels as if the weight of all these other voices - all clamouring with so much authority - are suffocating my own.
eb: putting ourselves in the path of those who would disagree with us. priceless. not only does it serve to thicken our skin and teach us a great deal about others and about ourselves but it's the one thing which can really propel us forward.
blue: the perils of mystifying or fuzzifying matters. indeed! that's the crux of what inspired
thank you canron4peace, ever changing and expanding i find easy to sign up for. throwing off the ego is a different matter - a much tougher challenge for me, especially since i am not sure i really grasp (in practical terms) how i do that, and have my doubts as to how committed to that i would be.