I disagree, some people *are* more special than others. Some people are born looking like Megan Gale (a beautiful model), some people are brighter or think differently. We are all sombody by default, to be special is to have something that others deem better than the average. Of course by definition then we cant all be special, if we all were then special would become average. The thing is the value judgements we have are particular to the human psyche and do not exist in an objective sense in the world. But we have to live with (or within) them, I dont think they will ever go away. And so there will always be someone who is better or worse. But only relative to the group or person making the judgements. Life is not fair and some people are deemed better, in an objective sense they are not really (except they are endowed by society further through advatage), it's all relative to contextually bound values.
I also think that human subjectivity *is* unbroachable to some degree; we are all trapped inside of it with no ability to proove beyond doubt that it is any alike or different from that of other people. Language is not an objective characterisation of the state of affairs, we try very hard to make it so, especially in science and we approximate this goal alot of the time to a satisfactory level. But for the human mind, I think it is particulaly lacking, especially for visual thinkers or those that find words difficult for whatever reason.
I cant comment on the American culture of individualism, but it reminds me of what my boyfriend said once that goes something like " You are unique... just like everybody else" Its seems paradoxical but its not. Our uniqueness, the fact that we are all slightly different and see the world from slightly (or sometimes massively) different perspectives is something we all share. But that is not logically exlusive to individual uniqueness. Of course this is all just my opinion, I may be wrong.
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Date: 2006-10-26 12:10 pm (UTC)I also think that human subjectivity *is* unbroachable to some degree; we are all trapped inside of it with no ability to proove beyond doubt that it is any alike or different from that of other people. Language is not an objective characterisation of the state of affairs, we try very hard to make it so, especially in science and we approximate this goal alot of the time to a satisfactory level. But for the human mind, I think it is particulaly lacking, especially for visual thinkers or those that find words difficult for whatever reason.
I cant comment on the American culture of individualism, but it reminds me of what my boyfriend said once that goes something like " You are unique... just like everybody else" Its seems paradoxical but its not. Our uniqueness, the fact that we are all slightly different and see the world from slightly (or sometimes massively) different perspectives is something we all share. But that is not logically exlusive to individual uniqueness.
Of course this is all just my opinion, I may be wrong.