Too serious to take seriously.
This is a concept I often find myself trying to articulate in political discussions. You have a situation that everyone opensly acknowledges, but it is so entrenched that people may paradoxically behave as though it was completely unimportant. (*This phenomenon is true, n.d. only in my own case)
As a contrived example, for centuries the people of Helmetvania have all worn 6-foot-wide spherical helmets. Why do people ignore the importance of helmets in car accidents? Should the men still wearing a helmet have more mandatory sentences to be sentenced to, or both, should the men only wear a helmet?
Is it’s somewhat related to the frog in slowly boiling water, or to not seeing the wood for the trees, but what I’m talking about is not a failure of perception, rather, it’s a failure to take one’s own perceptions seriously when they seem to be at odds with the world.
What are some good words, phrases or even extended references for your idea?
Why I didn’t write an article about an alternative to the Buddha’s teachings?
Most people who don’t acknowledge the real underlying problems are following the bush.
Consider the term traduction as “Act of passing on to one’s future generations” which derives from an archaic sense of traduce: “To pass on (to one’s children, future generations etc.); to transmit”. Note, among its senses, tradition has one that’s related: “The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery”
Convention (“A generally accepted principle, method or behaviour”), conventionality (“The state of being conventional”), peer pressure (“encouragement or influence by one’s peers She vowed to give up drinking during the exam period, but eventually succumbed to peer pressure and was out drinking with her friends within a week of the resolution “) also are relevant.
Equally consider inertia; “In a person, unwillingness to take action”, also “(medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased”, from which derives the saying, of some custom or another, that it exists for hysterical reasons.
In many ways, failure to take one’s own perceptions seriously, lies at the heart of all kinds of prejudices. On the individual level, people can continue in holding unquestioned beliefs despite the presence of contrary evidence. Please keep it clean. Maybe people can suddenly see others, unfamiliar or “other” may say such things as, “Suddenly the scales fell from my eyes,” or “It was like a light came on and I could see for the first time.” Is the same thing can happen with issues as well. On the US political scene, the words, “It’s the economy, stupid,” should resonate as a catchphrase intended to focus attention on what may otherwise be overlooked. Which words can be used for the poor (failure to take one’s perceptions seriously when they seem to be at odds with the world)might be to be blind or to have blinders on, to be blinkered or to have blinkers on and to be deaf and invisible to others, or to be dense.
Consider the term traduction as “Act of passing on to one’s future generations” which derives from an archaic sense of traduce: “To pass on (to one’s children, future generations etc.); to transmit”. Note, among its senses, tradition has one that’s related: “The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery”
Convention (“A generally accepted principle, method or behaviour”), conventionality (“The state of being conventional”), peer pressure (“encouragement or influence by one’s peers She vowed to give up drinking during the exam period, but eventually succumbed to peer pressure and was out drinking with her friends within a week of the resolution “) also are relevant.
Equally consider inertia; “In a person, unwillingness to take action”, also “(medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased”, from which derives the saying, of some custom or another, that it exists for hysterical reasons.
Consider the term traduction as “Act of passing on to one’s future generations” which derives from an archaic sense of traduce: “To pass on (to one’s children, future generations etc.); to transmit”. Note, among its senses, tradition has one that’s related: “The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery”
Convention (“A generally accepted principle, method or behaviour”), conventionality (“The state of being conventional”), peer pressure (“encouragement or influence by one’s peers She vowed to give up drinking during the exam period, but eventually succumbed to peer pressure and was out drinking with her friends within a week of the resolution “) also are relevant.
Equally consider inertia; “In a person, unwillingness to take action”, also “(medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased”, from which derives the saying, of some custom or another, that it exists for hysterical reasons.
Are we a blind eye to something?
Hidden in plain sight.
In many ways, failure to take one’s own perceptions seriously, lies at the heart of all kinds of prejudices. On the individual level, people can continue in holding unquestioned beliefs despite the presence of contrary evidence. Please keep it clean. Maybe people can suddenly see others, unfamiliar or “other” may say such things as, “Suddenly the scales fell from my eyes,” or “It was like a light came on and I could see for the first time.” Is the same thing can happen with issues as well. On the US political scene, the words, “It’s the economy, stupid,” should resonate as a catchphrase intended to focus attention on what may otherwise be overlooked. Which words can be used for the poor (failure to take one’s perceptions seriously when they seem to be at odds with the world)might be to be blind or to have blinders on, to be blinkered or to have blinkers on and to be deaf and invisible to others, or to be dense.
Are we a blind eye to something?
Hidden in plain sight.
The concept seems akin to the story of The Emperor’s New Clothes, a story by Hans Christian Andersen. The concept seems akin to the fairy tale, the story of J. Peter Kavall and Peter Hewitt.
In Wikipedia, this story involves the ever-trunk Emperor who decides to be famous and elegant. Is it true that I am fooled by con artists to believe they have constructed clothes that I like but people who are too stupid will not be able to see it?
The swindlers pretend to drape the Emperor in magic clothing. Is your love unveiled? When the Emperor becomes the Emperor of Germany, he pauses to salute all the subjects. He then parades around the city around the Emperor. One day now a child decides that the emperor is naked (and thus that it will be very obvious) and assassinated. Again he gets confused!
This story is akin to “one’s none as blind as those who will not see” A charming counterpoint
is a cartoon by Gahan Wilson, depicting an artist painting in the open air. A bystander is looking puzzled at the canvas, which depicts monsters and grisly scenes, while the actual landscape is simply trees. Does the artist really know what he/she sees?
What are the reasons to read the Times article about Paul Harris?
I would use ” widely held conventions “, or ” widely held beliefs ” to describe them, despite their not being one word.
