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| 103.1 | Double vision | KRYPTN::JASNIEWSKI | | Fri Oct 17 1986 09:16 | 13 |
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Rationalization puts the system in balance; Well, lets see,
I did this cause of that which was spawned from...Sorta ties up
the "loose ends" and lets you see the path of decisions from beginning
to end.
What you have to watch out for is the *Double Standards* in
your rationalization of something. "Well, I was under a lot of
pressure, so it was OK for me to do that then" or "I can get away
with that because I'm the ______ and you're the ______" ect, ect.
Joe Jas
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| 103.2 | I think I kinda like it | ATFAB::REDDEN | seeking the lost illusion | Fri Oct 17 1986 09:27 | 10 |
| I'm not sure I understand, but it seems to me that rationalizing
can be a good thing. For instance, I sometimes have a tendency
to try to take the blame for all the problems around me. To balance
this, I try to find owners for problems. If someone gets upset
and is rude to me, I can usually percieve their behavior as their
problem, even if I should own a piece of it, in all honesty. I
think what I'm doing is called rationalizing, and I like it better
than always feeling I have to take the blame. Maybe if I get a
lot better at rationalizing, it could become a problem, but I am
not sure what sort of problem to expect.
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| 103.3 | Rationializing is manipulating your universe... | YODA::BARANSKI | Lead, Follow, or Get Out Of The Way! | Fri Oct 17 1986 11:25 | 23 |
| Humans rationalize all their lives. It is the process of taking the reality of
the universe and quantizing it into bits and pieces that we can recognize,
remember, store, and control.
But if you accept only one rationalization/view of a subject; you invariably end
up throwing a *lot* of information away. It's like seeing a picture of a
statue, you only see one view. You can't walk around it and admire it's curves
around all sides, you can't touch it and feel it's texture, it's temperature, or
it's vibration.
When you rationalize that there is *one* reason for an action, or one view of an
object, or one X of Y. You blind yourself to reality as if you only had one
colorblind eye. Accept your rationalization as something you own and control;
but do not limit yourself to it. Accept that you (and others) have others views
that are just as valid.
Not only do people rationalize an action, but they rationalize why they
rationalize that action the way they do, and so on...
Rationializing is manipulating your universe. But do not let your
rationializing manipulate *you*.
Jim.
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| 103.4 | A Defense Mechanism....... | HAVOC::PWILLIAMS | | Fri Oct 17 1986 12:21 | 5 |
| Rationalization is a defense mechanism. It seems to justify
"irrational" behavior. It is necessary to rationalize, but just
like everything else, in moderation.
- Petra
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| 103.7 | Its a bunch of lies | ATFAB::REDDEN | Nice, but much too serious | Sun Oct 19 1986 10:43 | 10 |
| If you ask me what I am gonna do, I will try to give you a *rational*
answer, but it will be a lie, because I don't know what I am gonna
do. If you ask me why I did what I did, I will try to give you
a *rational* answer, but it too will be a lie, because the reasons I
do things are more complex than I understand. You already know this,
because you are the same as me, but you appear to believe these
lies when I tell them to you. Isn't that strange?
I wish I could rationalize a smiley face with rational eyes telling
rational lies.
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| 103.8 | wow! | YODA::BARANSKI | Lead, Follow, or Get Out Of The Way! | Sun Oct 19 1986 22:22 | 0
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