Well, I feel that I have always make intellectual mistakes. Sometimes I think that I'm right and most of the time I'm just plain wrong. For example, whenever I take the RATS for the "How we Know..." class, I think I might know the answer on a current event or issue but most of the time its either false or I guessed it right. Sometimes I'm right and sometimes I'm wrong but that's the way it is in the world of acedemia, sometimes your right and sometimes your wrong because you are never fully sure of anything as a student. Although I do make a lot of intellectual mistakes I feel that as a human being I am never going to stop being a student. As long as I learn from my mistakes then I feel I'm doing fine in my acedemic and intellectuall life.
I try my hardest to be as clear as possible when it comes to communcation. I can't really state when I misuse my communcation but I can state that if I ever did then I would try my best to quickly to clearify if I'm aware of it or if someone points it out to me. As I stated before in the first blog, unless theirs a reason for the message to be ambigous or murky then a comuncator should be as clear as possible when communcating with their audience. I feel that if its unintentionally murky then the communicator has failed at his or her job.
As far as other cultures and nations, I defintiely agree that communication can be blurred. For example, the language and culture of chinese and japanese are different but they use the same tools to cummicate such as computers and phones, the communication lines can be blurred when they are communicationg together. The same may be said for countries such as the United States and England (Great Britian), two countries that basically have the same language but have different cultures and lifestyles. I believe that the best solution for these nations and/or cultures is to be respectful of each other and be as clear as possible. One must know when to communcate and how to communcate properly. I guess the best solution would be to impose Communication manners on everyone from a young age so future generations can be misccommunication free.
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Part of being a thinker is making a mistake and realizing it. The hard part is admitting it.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I like your example about the differences in dialect and how simple differences can affect understand. It is important to note that we don't always understand the point of a message, but immediately dissect it by our own situational standards. I think this is what Lanham suggests. That is, we need to slow down and understand why a text exists before we start analyzing it. What do you think?
I agree that as a reader or the receiver, we need to first understand the meaning of text before we can make assumptions or questions about it. I think that some text can be a little to complicated to understand at first.
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