Dagens tanke, fra boka “Mangfold eller enfold” Trond Giske red. Ord fra Haddy N’jie.

Om mangfold: ... Man er seg selv nærmest. Og det er det vakre og det vanskelige med mangfoldsidealet. […]I det øyeblikket noen kategoriseres som mer mangfoldsverdige enn andre, undergraves hele poenget, som jo er at alle skal få plass, alle skal bli sett. I bunn og grunn representerer vi alle mangfold, fordi intet menneske er helt identisk med ett annet. Men med en fullstendig grenseløs mangfoldsdefinisjon oppløses begrepet. Den omfatter alt. Og dermed ingenting?

Term of the day: Conventional wisdom

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Conventional wisdom (CW) is a term used to describe ideas or explanations that are generally accepted as true by the public or by experts in a field. The term implies that the ideas or explanations, though widely held, are unexamined and, hence, may be reevaluated upon further examination or as events unfold.

Conventional wisdom is not necessarily true. Conventional wisdom is additionally often seen as an obstacle to the acceptance of newly acquired information, to introducing new theories and explanations, and therefore operates as an obstacle that must be overcome by legitimate revisionism. This is to say, that despite new information to the contrary, conventional wisdom has a property analogous to inertia that opposes the introduction of contrary belief, sometimes to the point of absurd denial of the new information set by persons strongly holding an outdated (conventional) view. This inertia is due to conventional wisdom being made of ideas that are convenient, appealing and deeply assumed by the public, who hangs on to them even as they grow outdated. The unavoidable outcome is these ideas will eventually not match reality at all, so conventional wisdom will be violently shaken until it doesn't conflict reality so blatantly.