I'm somewhere in the middle. I think everything on the planet has its own mysteries (in the religious sense) and wonders. But I also don't think they're super-secret-magical things, but differences of experience, perspective, approach, strengths, weaknesses, that are absolutely fascinating to take seriously and use as a way to look at actions and interactions from different perspectives.
But at the same time, it's 'This is a really cool library to draw on', not 'This is what decides how to run my life'. Because just like they all have experiences and perspectives, so do I, and I'm the one who lives in my body and lives with the consequences.
I'll give a really simple example: I'm a school librarian. People *think* they know what my job is like all the time, and they're almost always missing important pieces or just plain wrong about some significant part.
That's not a big deal - but it doesn't mean I'm going to decide what to do in my workday based on their perspective of my life, either. I may, however, take those conversations and understand a bit more about what I could explain better, demonstrate, focus on in my own choices, or use what they say about what *they* do and care about to better interact with them.
I see the woo the same way: I pay attention to it, because it can be useful input and I work better with data, but I don't run my life solely by it, either.
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Date: 2009-12-02 12:28 pm (UTC)But at the same time, it's 'This is a really cool library to draw on', not 'This is what decides how to run my life'. Because just like they all have experiences and perspectives, so do I, and I'm the one who lives in my body and lives with the consequences.
I'll give a really simple example: I'm a school librarian. People *think* they know what my job is like all the time, and they're almost always missing important pieces or just plain wrong about some significant part.
That's not a big deal - but it doesn't mean I'm going to decide what to do in my workday based on their perspective of my life, either. I may, however, take those conversations and understand a bit more about what I could explain better, demonstrate, focus on in my own choices, or use what they say about what *they* do and care about to better interact with them.
I see the woo the same way: I pay attention to it, because it can be useful input and I work better with data, but I don't run my life solely by it, either.