Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Framing: aka Let's Jack with People's Heads
Framing is specifically relative to a person's character and life experience. It's like saying, the glass is half empty or the glass is half full. The pessimist supposedly views the glass as half empty while the optimist views the glass as half full. The pessimist is obviously having a few troubles in life or has previous experiences which cause that person to think the glass is half empty. The optimistic person is the opposite, viewing the situation as a good think, appreciating the value of what remains. The point is framing is relative to a person's individual views and how they interpret it. Of course none of this really matters because as an engineer the glass is obvious built too big for its contents.
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Haha and only engineers will find that joke funny
ReplyDeleteYour blog (and your writing persona--don't know about you, personally) is pretty invested in the notion of the engineer being technically narrow. Even your joke suggests it.
ReplyDeleteTotally fine if that's where you want to stay, of course. But this class is about encouraging you to communicate about science or engineering beyond your own (narrow) interests or commitments.
I'm not sure I understand your resistance to trying this so far, but I guess I am wondering why you signed up for a Sci Comm class when you feel it obviously doesn't pertain to you? Asking this respectfully, and out of curiosity.