It is impossible to perceive others without some way of judging
or categorizing. Judging and categorizing
are natural and even biological processes. They are a necessity to our survival.
From the day that we were born, we have been creating memories (personal "knowledge"). Our knowledge is being built in layers; as information from our senses arrives at the brain, it is both, consciously and unconsciously, being analyzed, compared with previous experience, sorted and stored. Since we constantly sense information from our surrounding, information is constantly arrived and compared with knowledge already store, and many times we are not even consciously aware of it.
From the day that we were born, we have been creating memories (personal "knowledge"). Our knowledge is being built in layers; as information from our senses arrives at the brain, it is both, consciously and unconsciously, being analyzed, compared with previous experience, sorted and stored. Since we constantly sense information from our surrounding, information is constantly arrived and compared with knowledge already store, and many times we are not even consciously aware of it.
Yet, I think that to
make our perception of others more fairly, we need to question our old personal
"knowledge". We need to pay attention to the assumption that we make and
check what we based them on. It is a hard work, but it is possible to stop
sometimes, and try to understand why do I judge this person this way? What is the
logic, reasoning or experience, if any, that led me to make this judgment?
Hello Sunshine,
ReplyDeleteAs I have said before it is impossible not to make judgements or categorize people, we do it subconciously before we even realize it. So yes I do agree with your point of view that we make judgements without even realizing it. Although not all of our judgements are correct we tend to use them as a protection mechanism. weeding through people we may find dangerous or conflict with and finding those that we may be compatible with. Some times people surprise us and sometimes we find disappointment but we never really take a chance with anyone because our judgements hold us back.