I'm studying a couple of obscure languages of little consequence in the larger world, examining the differences between our culture, where we worry about "scripts", and other cultures, where they worry about survival, gardening with native plants in response to climate change, and studying the evolutionary anatomy of ourselves and our closer relatives to see how we got where we are today (among other things). Offhand, it appears "scripts" are intended to supplant our almost total lack of instincts which manage the behavior of other species.
Funny. I know what cognitive scripts are, one of my fav topics was cognitive psych, when I was studying neuroscience & psychology in college & grad school at Emory Univ.
But I've never followed any of the 3 scripts that you claim “rule our lives.” (Not before nor after learning about them.)
I do understand the utility of a script, and I have quite a few for “smaller behaviors.” But if anything, I seem to tend toward the opposite of what you described.
I guess that's what everyone meant at my high school reunion, when they said they'd “pegged me as someone who marched to a different drummer.”
I believe in analyzing results of past decisions when making new ones. No “SQL” for me!
I'm not a crowd pleaser, and have NEVER been sensitive to “peer pressure.”
And I also believe that the value in life comes from a lot of small places. I've never tried to be “epic,” even though sometimes things end up that way.
I guess what I'm saying is that you shouldn't generalize when you present such info. I'm sure I'm not unique in that way, but I am NOT “ruled” by those scripts.
As alternative to scripts I would use the word narratives, those been discovered rather than handed down by inertia (the unconscious). And the narrative of surrender, is a mysterious powerful one, monastic life included. Not anarchic or mindless surrender, but the kind of surrender that happens at the limits of our self assuring script.
The stories we tell ourselves are always in relation to our cultures and the people around us. The reason why it can be hard to break the 3 scripts you have pinpointed. I firmly believe in the power of changing the script and to help in this I like to use the metaphor of the frame. The framing of ideas is a means for building an internal picture that we adhere to and focus on. Learning to shift those frames is a plausible means in helping change those scripts. We can see and hence read other images of the world.
Cognitive bias is based on cognitive scripts and no they are not so easy to get out of. One reason is your worldview which is far more difficult to change than the set of beliefs they come with. The best advice I can recommend is take a long hard look at 2 Thessalonians 2: 10-11.
My mind resisted what you were saying for the first 3 minutes and then it clicked why that was happening 😂
These three have caused me much grief and I have been writing my own scripts for a while now, which is something I had to do myself despite seeking out professional help.
My work will be talking about how I rebuilt myself piece by piece.
I'm studying a couple of obscure languages of little consequence in the larger world, examining the differences between our culture, where we worry about "scripts", and other cultures, where they worry about survival, gardening with native plants in response to climate change, and studying the evolutionary anatomy of ourselves and our closer relatives to see how we got where we are today (among other things). Offhand, it appears "scripts" are intended to supplant our almost total lack of instincts which manage the behavior of other species.
Funny. I know what cognitive scripts are, one of my fav topics was cognitive psych, when I was studying neuroscience & psychology in college & grad school at Emory Univ.
But I've never followed any of the 3 scripts that you claim “rule our lives.” (Not before nor after learning about them.)
I do understand the utility of a script, and I have quite a few for “smaller behaviors.” But if anything, I seem to tend toward the opposite of what you described.
I guess that's what everyone meant at my high school reunion, when they said they'd “pegged me as someone who marched to a different drummer.”
I believe in analyzing results of past decisions when making new ones. No “SQL” for me!
I'm not a crowd pleaser, and have NEVER been sensitive to “peer pressure.”
And I also believe that the value in life comes from a lot of small places. I've never tried to be “epic,” even though sometimes things end up that way.
I guess what I'm saying is that you shouldn't generalize when you present such info. I'm sure I'm not unique in that way, but I am NOT “ruled” by those scripts.
While it's a very extreme example, choosing to enter a monastic lifestyle seems designed to abandon a host of common scripts.
As alternative to scripts I would use the word narratives, those been discovered rather than handed down by inertia (the unconscious). And the narrative of surrender, is a mysterious powerful one, monastic life included. Not anarchic or mindless surrender, but the kind of surrender that happens at the limits of our self assuring script.
The stories we tell ourselves are always in relation to our cultures and the people around us. The reason why it can be hard to break the 3 scripts you have pinpointed. I firmly believe in the power of changing the script and to help in this I like to use the metaphor of the frame. The framing of ideas is a means for building an internal picture that we adhere to and focus on. Learning to shift those frames is a plausible means in helping change those scripts. We can see and hence read other images of the world.
No crumbs….
Cognitive bias is based on cognitive scripts and no they are not so easy to get out of. One reason is your worldview which is far more difficult to change than the set of beliefs they come with. The best advice I can recommend is take a long hard look at 2 Thessalonians 2: 10-11.
I am glad I came here 😊
My mind resisted what you were saying for the first 3 minutes and then it clicked why that was happening 😂
These three have caused me much grief and I have been writing my own scripts for a while now, which is something I had to do myself despite seeking out professional help.
My work will be talking about how I rebuilt myself piece by piece.