then, why do you care so much about conflict, pain and discomfort? Betas embrace pain and surpass it with determination.
then, why do you care so much about conflict, pain and discomfort? Betas embrace pain and surpass it with determination.
Yes, "Betas" do.Originally Posted by Atari
...Who are the "Betas"?
Whomever that embraces pain and surpass it with determination.
...Isn't that circular?
you are the betas singu. you are.
They only exist in your imagination, Atari.
It's sad that you take this fiction as the Absolute Truth.
Never said it was the absolute truth. Its sad you are imagining stuff.
Last edited by Faith; 12-29-2018 at 11:31 PM.
I think it's fun to start threads like this and this to watch people flip out when the mission statement of the forum and the primary content of the forum is being challenged. I've always done shit like this wherever I'm at and always will. People need to be shaken up - not just for my own pleasure, but to move things forward.
answer to my question, singu2.
In my view, pain is a necessary part of life and something to be overcome. If you're not overcoming pain, then you're not growing. Hence, why I'm here, despite disagreeing with central premises users tend to work with. I don't tend to get along well who disagree with me about the value of pain because they tend to stay within their comfort zones.
> Socionics causes pain
> Pain is a necessary part of life
> Socionics is ... life
But you are basing your disagreement with socionics in pain and discomfort. Your two stances are mutually excluding and contradicting each other. I agree with the fun part tho.
Last edited by Faith; 12-29-2018 at 11:24 PM.
I don't base my disagreement with anything simply on pain and discomfort because just because something's painful or uncomfortable doesn't mean it's untrue. For example, a few days ago I noticed my tire was flat, and even though that sucked ass, the fact that it sucked ass wasn't a basis for me to disregard the fact that my tire was flat.
When cognitive dissonance occurs, it's a specific kind of discomfort caused by the fact that thoughts don't logically add up. When thoughts don't logically add up, they don't reflect reality. So cognitive dissonance in particular serves as a bullshit detector. I don't think I'm unique or that my personality is particularly unique for experiencing cognitive dissonance. For example, when you notice that your family member or SO says something that counters what they said yesterday on a hard-and-fast basis, cognitive dissonance makes you acutely aware of a contradiction. And whether you value truth or whether you value your own comfort, the impulse will be to resolve the contradiction. I assume that's what you're doing right now, so a distinction between general pain and cognitive dissonance in particular should rectify your confusion. More saliently, when new information counters Socionics theory, it causes cognitive dissonance, so the contradiction needs to be resolved either by refining the theory or throwing it out.
Why am I focusing on pain in the OP? Because pain is a persuasive tool to employ with everyone I've met, one way or another...
Last edited by Desert Financial; 12-30-2018 at 02:55 PM.
You’re still complaining that Socionics causes pain even though in the post of yours she quoted you said that you value pain. That’s what she means by mutually exclusive and contradictory. You can’t use something to complain about / have a stance against, and value it, at the same time.
You equated cognitive dissonance to mental discomfort caused by contradictory thoughts. Then you repeated socionics causes discomfort. Now you try to say its not so much about discomfort but just cognitive dissonance because I pointed out how it was against beta main values.
I think you created this thread with your real concerns and now you are trying to add some make up. :3
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