Re: labels
>sure it makes things easier to recognise if you label something
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>however
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>it also makes it much easier to misrepresent things to oneself and
>thus overlook opportunities for learning because we have made general
>assumptions rather than looked for individual peculiarities
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>hmm, am I defining the western conventional medical system here?
Good words Critter!
The Gestalt therapists called this "Functional Fixation". The idea is that
we get so used to the semantic connections associated with labels that we
forget to explore other options.
Kindest Regards,
John B.