Sorry for the delay between entries. It's been a busy week. That's not offered so much as an excuse as an explanation...
We all know humans don’t always act in a logical way. At the very least we’ve all seen the debates between Star Trek’s Spock and McCoy regarding this issue. Our positive spin on this situation (and McCoy’s) is that humans are emotional rather than logical. This is presumed to be a good thing. It’s not surprising that we’re illogical. The depth and breadth of our illogic is sometimes surprising.
Let’s take the phrase: “It’s an acquired taste.” Why would you want to acquire a taste? Given our relatively brief lifespan, why would you want to spend time and energy acquiring the taste of something you didn’t already like? I’ve never really liked beer. People always tell me beer is an acquired taste. So are lima beans, but I’m not going to force a plate of those squishing things down.
We’ve even managed to apply illogic into subtext. For example, if you use UPS to send a LETTER overnight, it costs $24. If you use UPS to send a PACKAGE overnight it only costs $8. On the surface this seems logical. It’s simply a business charging for a service based on demand and the price the market will bear.
Except that if you take the letter and place it in a small box, it becomes a package. You can ship the same letter for $8. Now before you type that comment about how clever I am, consider that I was only able to devise the strategy because I was able to follow the trail of illogic. It’s simply a variation of the old saying: “it takes one to know one.”
Of course, if we were more logical would anyone ever fall in love and get married (at least without checking a credit report)? Would we take any of the chances that we do? Create books, music or art? A completely logical person probably wouldn’t think to grind up petals and seeds into a fine paste and then rub that paste onto a canvass to produce an image of the original flower.
Like most kids, I didn’t like dark chocolate. I always picked out the Special Dark miniatures from the Hershey Assortment. But over the years I tried dark chocolate several times and now I like it – especially with raspberry. So maybe it isn’t such a bad thing we’re often illogical. After all, what else would Spock and McCoy have to debate about?
We all know humans don’t always act in a logical way. At the very least we’ve all seen the debates between Star Trek’s Spock and McCoy regarding this issue. Our positive spin on this situation (and McCoy’s) is that humans are emotional rather than logical. This is presumed to be a good thing. It’s not surprising that we’re illogical. The depth and breadth of our illogic is sometimes surprising.
Let’s take the phrase: “It’s an acquired taste.” Why would you want to acquire a taste? Given our relatively brief lifespan, why would you want to spend time and energy acquiring the taste of something you didn’t already like? I’ve never really liked beer. People always tell me beer is an acquired taste. So are lima beans, but I’m not going to force a plate of those squishing things down.
We’ve even managed to apply illogic into subtext. For example, if you use UPS to send a LETTER overnight, it costs $24. If you use UPS to send a PACKAGE overnight it only costs $8. On the surface this seems logical. It’s simply a business charging for a service based on demand and the price the market will bear.
Except that if you take the letter and place it in a small box, it becomes a package. You can ship the same letter for $8. Now before you type that comment about how clever I am, consider that I was only able to devise the strategy because I was able to follow the trail of illogic. It’s simply a variation of the old saying: “it takes one to know one.”
Of course, if we were more logical would anyone ever fall in love and get married (at least without checking a credit report)? Would we take any of the chances that we do? Create books, music or art? A completely logical person probably wouldn’t think to grind up petals and seeds into a fine paste and then rub that paste onto a canvass to produce an image of the original flower.
Like most kids, I didn’t like dark chocolate. I always picked out the Special Dark miniatures from the Hershey Assortment. But over the years I tried dark chocolate several times and now I like it – especially with raspberry. So maybe it isn’t such a bad thing we’re often illogical. After all, what else would Spock and McCoy have to debate about?
I wouldn't know where to begin the attempt to use the program if I had the desire.
I've heard it is an acquired taste.