I work with Flat-earthers
It is so hard for people to change their paradigm. I work at a manufacturing facility. I have attempted to assist other sites in our company with change. The process is so often confused by ego that people become obstinate, stubborn and ultimately unprofitable. The process is like the following:
Say you have a test to take. The test is tomorrow. So you study. All your peers realize that the test can be taken every month. They have many chances to pass. So they do not study. When you get to the test, you realize the test is a group test (isn't everything). So the first question is "4+4=?". You raise your hand. "I think the correct answer is b:8". The guy with the MBA stands up with a dry erase marker and says: "No, Think about it. If you have 4 fingers and you add four more fingers, how many fingers do you have? Ten. Every one knows you have ten fingers. The answer is d:10!!!." Everyone is quite impressed and the group marks the test "d".
I think it is an important question to ask oneself: "How do we remain cool when we are living in just such a circumstance?"
Often people lack emotional intellegence or have other hidden motives for thinking the way they do. I have observed that the political dynamics of a situation often has more weight in some people's minds than the truth. Political dynamics becomes the enemy of truth. Ego and insecurity undermines peoples ability to simply come to the right decision and move forward. We sure are strange creatures. For me, I say: "No, matter what the politburo says "the earth moves"!!
Say you have a test to take. The test is tomorrow. So you study. All your peers realize that the test can be taken every month. They have many chances to pass. So they do not study. When you get to the test, you realize the test is a group test (isn't everything). So the first question is "4+4=?". You raise your hand. "I think the correct answer is b:8". The guy with the MBA stands up with a dry erase marker and says: "No, Think about it. If you have 4 fingers and you add four more fingers, how many fingers do you have? Ten. Every one knows you have ten fingers. The answer is d:10!!!." Everyone is quite impressed and the group marks the test "d".
I think it is an important question to ask oneself: "How do we remain cool when we are living in just such a circumstance?"
Often people lack emotional intellegence or have other hidden motives for thinking the way they do. I have observed that the political dynamics of a situation often has more weight in some people's minds than the truth. Political dynamics becomes the enemy of truth. Ego and insecurity undermines peoples ability to simply come to the right decision and move forward. We sure are strange creatures. For me, I say: "No, matter what the politburo says "the earth moves"!!
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