Comments on: rant about public opinion and personal opinion http://henrietteweber.com/2007/09/23/rant-about-public-opinion-and-personal-opinion/ I help you to rock your identity, marketing and branding Fri, 11 May 2012 14:41:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Henriette http://henrietteweber.com/2007/09/23/rant-about-public-opinion-and-personal-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-62732 Henriette Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:37:08 +0000 http://henrietteweber.com/2007/09/23/rant-about-public-opinion-and-personal-opinion/#comment-62732 thanks for both your insights... i like the term arrogant ignorance =). and I think that fear of what might happen is something that I have putted behind me - it has been hard with a baby girl though - earlier I could raise my heartbeat from thinking about not having her in my life all of a sudden. Fear of loss is something I have been working with a lot personally. thanks for both your insights… i like the term arrogant ignorance =). and I think that fear of what might happen is something that I have putted behind me – it has been hard with a baby girl though – earlier I could raise my heartbeat from thinking about not having her in my life all of a sudden. Fear of loss is something I have been working with a lot personally.

]]> By: Dannie Jost http://henrietteweber.com/2007/09/23/rant-about-public-opinion-and-personal-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-62710 Dannie Jost Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:55:19 +0000 http://henrietteweber.com/2007/09/23/rant-about-public-opinion-and-personal-opinion/#comment-62710 Yes. There are people who confuse arrogant ignorance with having an opinion. Now, there is nothing wrong with ignorance, but one could at least make an effort of being frank about one's state of ignorance. If I know nothing, then I know nothing... I can read and get information, and I may start to think about it, analyze it and be critical of the assumptions imbedded in the other's opinion. Unfortunately as you have found out, public opinion is often dominated by assumptions that can be rather far from validity. Thanks for sharing your rant! Yes. There are people who confuse arrogant ignorance with having an opinion. Now, there is nothing wrong with ignorance, but one could at least make an effort of being frank about one’s state of ignorance. If I know nothing, then I know nothing… I can read and get information, and I may start to think about it, analyze it and be critical of the assumptions imbedded in the other’s opinion. Unfortunately as you have found out, public opinion is often dominated by assumptions that can be rather far from validity.

Thanks for sharing your rant!

]]> By: Lisa Risager http://henrietteweber.com/2007/09/23/rant-about-public-opinion-and-personal-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-62705 Lisa Risager Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:43:56 +0000 http://henrietteweber.com/2007/09/23/rant-about-public-opinion-and-personal-opinion/#comment-62705 I thinks you're absolutely right. I choose not to read certain news, not to watch television, not to be in the company of people that I feel have a bad influence on me, not to be involved if it makes me feel bad... But I do read the news, I do listen to radio and podcasts, I do meet and interact with a lot of very interestering people, I do read, listen, learn, discuss - and I'm not always right ;-) I love life and I love to trust other people and that is not stupid. What's stupid is living in fear of what might happen! So now you're not the only one ranting. I thinks you’re absolutely right. I choose not to read certain news, not to watch television, not to be in the company of people that I feel have a bad influence on me, not to be involved if it makes me feel bad… But I do read the news, I do listen to radio and podcasts, I do meet and interact with a lot of very interestering people, I do read, listen, learn, discuss – and I’m not always right ;-)
I love life and I love to trust other people and that is not stupid. What’s stupid is living in fear of what might happen!
So now you’re not the only one ranting.

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