No. This has nothing to do with medicine.
But what it DOES have to do with, is the strange thoughty things on the inside of my head (look above for further reading).
Well, arriving at the subject of this uh, post... we (human beings, the terror of the world) have set and rigid ways of looking at things, we cannot but comprehend things in a certain way, and if it doesn't classify into one of those patterns of thinking, the object of comprehension becomes 'weird' or 'strange'.
When I say preconceptions, I mean when people grin, they take it to mean that the person is happy, rather than, say, the person is a psychotic murderer. When a person waves cheerfully, they take it to mean he's waving cheerfully, not that his pet pig is suffering from a serious bout of the 'flu.
Now I'm wondering about two different things. Why can people not view things in this manner, and why do we view things in this manner to begin with?
I suppose we view things this way, partly because the human body is made to (you can't sneeze without closing your eyes) and because other people view things this way (you're young... your teacher tells you that if a person scratches their ear, it means they are itching there. You never question that)
But I figure, if I can grimace every time I'm happy, or elated, or joyful, or wonderfully exuberant, or just plain pleased, then someone would sooner or later figure that grimace = happy. Then he/she would keep grimacing, soon the whole world would take a grimace to be the expression of joy/elation/exuberance/pleasure. And maybe the smile/grin would be an expression of disgust?
When people encounter things they do not understand, on a magnificent scale (like a ten foot tall fly) then their brain shuts down saying "No. There isn't a ten foot tall fly standing in front of you. That's just your momma in disguise. Now go home, and hide under the bed". So when you start to sock someone in the jaw, and tell them its an expression of love, they'd put a bullet through your head.
So I figure that if we had one reverse perception being on Earth (i.e a person viewing a smile as an expression of anger) then that would be well... uh, everytime someone smiles at him, he'd get angry and smile back, then they'd smile back, then he'd smile back, then they'd come and give him a hug, and he'd get furious, so he'd HUG THEM BACK!
You're probably thinking right now "Is there a point to this post? Where does it end?"
Well... there isn't a point to this post, and this post ended at that comma.
7 comments:
Kitchi .... look what have you done now ... as I was reading the first line of your post, I had tea in my mouth ... and now it's sprayed all over the place ...
:-/
but then ... :-D
well done ... I'll read the rest & post more later ... got some work to do ...
Umair ... uhh ... Clark
This was a totally quotable blog post.
I totally quoted it.
The end.
Kitchi, these strange thoughty things on the inside of your head are driving my thoughtinesses wild, excellent, many hugs !! (I mean the hugs as they are normally perceived by humanity, to make others feel good about themselves and stuff)
bvvsatlocaoy <-- don't try too many perceptions on this one, for your own good .....
~ Anonymous ~
*bows to applause*
Thank you!
*bows to more applause*
Instinct, Kitchi. Its not taught to us.
Shyam said what I was thinking.
Still, very quotable.
Now it's time to update, doofus.
Shyam... inference. Not instinct. People 'radiate' joy when they smile... but if they could 'radiate' joy when they frown, it would be really awesome to be the kid with the screwed up facial expressions. Or to watch him anyway.
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