- We have limitations as to what we can experience through our senses. Given these limitations, we can never experience 'all' of what's 'out there' to experience; we abstract only a portion.
- Our awareness of 'what goes on' outside of our skin is not the same as the experience itself. Our awareness of our experience is not the silent, first-order, neurological experience.
- Given our ever-changing environment (which includes ourselves and our awareness of ourselves), we never experience the 'same' person, event, situation, thing, experience, etc., more than once.
- To the degree that our reactions and responses to all forms of stimuli are automatic, or conditioned, we copy animals, like Pavlov's dog. To the degree that our reactions and responses are more controlled, delayed, or conditional to the given situation, we exhibit our uniquely-human capabilities.
- We each experience uniquely, according to our individual sensory capabilities, integrating our past experiences and expectations. We ought to maintain an attitude of 'to-me-ness' in our evaluations of our own behavior, as well as in our evaluations of others' behavior.
- Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950) wrote the source book for what he called "general semantics," Science and Sanity. We can think of general semantics as a methodology for understanding, and improving, how we individually perceive, construct, evaluate, and then respond to meaningful life events — including our language behaviors.
- We can use this process of abstracting (also referred to in general terms as evaluating) as a method for determining whether or not reactions to specific events make sense, or are appropriate to the event. We can also apply this process as a means to analyze stereotypes, biases, and prejudices.
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