Wednesday, November 24, 2010

To see and not to see

Style sixes have an interesting information processing quirk. On the one hand, they are keen observers, scanning their environment at all times. Counterphobic sixes are often reckless or indulge in dangerous sports. I was watching a mountain climber being interviewed and when asked what was the secret to not getting hurt he replied, "You have to know where you are at all times and constantly scan the environment."
That's from their fear base. But they also do something else to frighten themselves more: they don't believe what they hear or see -- not entirely. They look beyond appearances to look for hidden meanings and deleted information. Sometimes they even miss the information that is there when they look for what is NOT there.

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