The Crazy Lady Speaks

Post by hugh3 » Mon, Oct 25, 2010, 4:25 PM UTC

pmichaud wrote: post #40

hugh3 wrote: post #35

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Ockham's Razor: is the stupid homeless woman (a) stupid or (b) an evil genius who is pretending to be stupid for some unknown reason?

No, she's not an evil genius, but let me spin you a yarn. She's a homeless woman, so she was perhaps raised by a demanding and misogynistic father figure, from whom she learned to act helpless. Then she figured out in high school that acting dumb makes boys like her. She sort of fell into the identity because it was easy -- her family, friends, and society at large fully expected her to be a dumb slut, so it was easy…

Post by jamesbritt » Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 12:00 AM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #37

Lewisham wrote: post #15

You can have the same experience when it goes the other way: someone who is a good friend ends up with a startling revelation that makes your jaw drop. My case in point was this week: I was hanging out with an academic friend of mine at a conference. He lives somewhat far away, and when I do roll through town, we usually just grab a beer rather than see his house. This week, however, he revealed something that hither…

> the difficulty/trick, I guess, is to reconcile the person you have with the person you are now presented with, and realize that they are really one and the same, just with one minor change that makes no difference to your interactions. No, the real trick is to use this new experience to reexamine your beliefs and assumptions to see if they need updating.