07-03-2019, 05:23 PM
Yes HOTPE, perhaps you might consider qualifying your statements. You know, with words like, "I believe", or "I assume", or any other phrase that admits your assumptions and doesn't leave you open to being seen as another one of those that can't humble themselves to the fact that in most cases all we have is our opinions, our beliefs. Our truths. And our truths are far from fact.
What do you know, what could you know, about the history of man on Mauna Kea? Nothing? From what I can tell, your assumptions have all to do with your world view. Not those of another race, who lived in an entirely different world than yours. You make assumptions about how people can or can not cope with a cold climate that could not help but be subjective to your experiences. And, seemingly absent of fact entirely.
Remember the tale of the people of Tierra del Fuego? How when the western world made first contact they found a people who often were seen, in freezing conditions, not wearing cloth? Living out their lives close to naked in freezing temperatures.
Well I'll tell you.. I wouldn't be able to survive, I'd die, in conditions like that. And, from my perspective it would be easy to assume the same of all people. But hey, another people in another time. Though as you say, nobody ever lived on Mauna Kea, right?
Is it a haole trait, or a human trait, or what, to assume others see things the way we ourselves do? I don't know its origin, or how universal it is, but it is a strong force in keeping people from truly understanding each other. Especially when crossing diverse cultural grounds. Unfortunealy we do not recognize this enough to work around our assumptions and achieve true empathy.
What do you know, what could you know, about the history of man on Mauna Kea? Nothing? From what I can tell, your assumptions have all to do with your world view. Not those of another race, who lived in an entirely different world than yours. You make assumptions about how people can or can not cope with a cold climate that could not help but be subjective to your experiences. And, seemingly absent of fact entirely.
Remember the tale of the people of Tierra del Fuego? How when the western world made first contact they found a people who often were seen, in freezing conditions, not wearing cloth? Living out their lives close to naked in freezing temperatures.
Well I'll tell you.. I wouldn't be able to survive, I'd die, in conditions like that. And, from my perspective it would be easy to assume the same of all people. But hey, another people in another time. Though as you say, nobody ever lived on Mauna Kea, right?
Is it a haole trait, or a human trait, or what, to assume others see things the way we ourselves do? I don't know its origin, or how universal it is, but it is a strong force in keeping people from truly understanding each other. Especially when crossing diverse cultural grounds. Unfortunealy we do not recognize this enough to work around our assumptions and achieve true empathy.