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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Is there a word for this? Insanediego #190370 04/10/10 12:45 PM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA beck123 addict beck123 addict Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA I'd like to return to the original question: Originally Posted By: Insanediego Is there a word for the condition somebody has when he thinks, "this is the way I think, therefore everyone thinks this way," ... it's more like assuming everyone is like yourself and if they're not there is something wrong with them. Insanediego is describing one aspect of residual tribalism as manifested in the modern individual. There was probably evolutionary value in the kind of thinking he describes, maybe in unifying tribes and clans, most of whom perceived themselves as "people" and everyone else as "other" to a greater or lesser degree. They thought the same as one another and had a strong, unifying way of looking at their world. If there is an anthropologist peeking in, maybe he can provide the technical term for this kind of thinking. It's universal, and there has been a snowballing move in the last few centuries to erase it from our genes, or at least to modify its expression. With the advent of increasingly efficient transportation over long distances, tribalism evolved into nationalism for good or for ill; and the individual, when dealing with the newly-cosmopolitan world, had to be acculturated away from many aspects of tribal thinking. Racism is a form of what Insanediego describes. We all feel it - we see other races as... well, other - but we are trained from birth in modern society to avoid acting on these thoughts, just as we are trained away from acting out rape, assault, murder, and other natural thoughts. So it isn't that there's something wrong with people with whom we disagree; we simply recognize them as "other." Then, maybe because of the casual use of "idiots," Insanediego adds a twist: Originally Posted By: Insanediego "...this is the way I do things so if other people don't do it this way, they're idiots." Sometimes we recognize "other" not as idiots, but as role models. For example, some blood from Scotland and England runs in my veins, but I'm glad my U.S. culture recognized long ago that there are better cooks in the world. And one last: Originally Posted By: Insanediego It has something to do with Narcissism I think narcissism is far off the mark. Narcissism is more about being impressed with ones own physical beauty, and it doesn't suggest that others are not beautiful. Last edited by beck123; 04/10/10 12:47 PM. "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for this? beck123 #190372 04/10/10 03:48 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,922 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,922 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Narcissism need not be just physical beauty. The DSMIV has it as a form of whatever that illustrious tome considers illnesses. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for this? LukeJavan8 #190413 04/12/10 09:28 PM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA beck123 addict beck123 addict Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA It can be an illness (like blog addiction) and still just concern itself with physical beauty. Narcissus fell in love with himself when he saw his reflection in a pool, no? That would qualify as an illness. "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for this? beck123 #190414 04/12/10 11:53 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,922 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,922 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water As would thinking too much of oneself, acc/ to DSM IV. An exalted sense of one's self worth. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for this? LukeJavan8 #190427 04/13/10 08:24 PM Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 95 Long Island, NY USA kah454 journeyman kah454 journeyman Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 95 Long Island, NY USA It seems alot of this may have to do with personality style of the supposed one in charge. I once had an employer who believed there were three ways of doing things, the right way, the wrong way, and the fast way. To him the first and the third were the same because you wouldn't be spending time redoing whatever it was. Some bosses are cool and empowering and others are not. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for this? kah454 #190430 04/13/10 11:47 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: kah454 It seems alot of this may have to do with personality style of the supposed one in charge. I once had an employer who believed there were three ways of doing things, the right way, the wrong way, and the fast way. To him the first and the third were the same because you wouldn't be spending time redoing whatever it was. Some bosses are cool and empowering and others are not. You can have it fast, cheap, good. Pick any two. 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