Snow Globed World

I agree, even though we hear stories and see pictures of how things used to be it is hard to imagine living back then. When we are older and have grand kids they will be thinking the same things about us though, when we are talking about what the world was like that we grew up in.

You hit on a great point here, one that is at the forefront of a good liberal education. That point is to never stop questioning. Just as others in the past thought that you could literally "fall off the end of the earth" or that the world was all enclosed in a snow globe, some of our current beliefs may someday be proven preposterous. The key is to never stop questioning, we must always be looking around us and looking for truth.

I really agree with the point you are making here. Sometimes we forget that not everyone has the same knowledge available to them as we do. And on the flip-side, it is always possible that our set thoughts and ideas are not actually on par with reality. It is interesting to think that perhaps our perceptions are not as correct as we think they are.

Nice point made here. It is amazing to think how different people view the world, and to them it seems perfectly natural and logical. The way I see this is the human race should be even more motivated to pursue knowledge and look at problems in different ways because even our smartest minds are certainly victims of naive realism in some way.

It's really interesting to hear about what different cultures believe. It makes me wonder what people 100 years from now will say about the things that the scientific community believes, like the Big Bang and String Theory. As I've grown up, I'm finding out that as much as I hate to admit it, I fall victim to naive realism as times too.

What I have learned (in both this course and one dedicated to Anthropology) is that, in some way, we all occupy different "realities" that are no more correct than anyone else's. In much the same way, your grandparent's globe view of the world cannot be deemed incorrect so much as different.

It is interesting how naive realism can be viewed from different perspectives across different cultures. My grandparents are also immigrants and they certainly view the world differently than I do and add length to my comment. In all areas of science it is important to view things with an open mind.

I feel like naive realism is viewed very similarly throughout cultures. My grandparents aren't immigrants, and they viewed the world differently than I do. I think you can view things however you want. Mind over matter.

It is true that according to yourself, you more or less tend to be right. I have always come to the conclusion that this is stubborn people doing what they do best but in all reality, it is simply people and there lack of knowledge on certain concepts, ideologies, theories, etc.. I don't understand how people are unable to understand that in order to understand, you must be able to view the world with a set of open eyes. I mean that is the purpose of any kind of learned knowledge right, the ability to understand? Naive realism is simply another explanation of one stubbornly viewing the world the way they were taught.

I find this interesting as well because my perceptions of the world and how I see our world differ from my older relatives or even my friends. It's interesting how so many different factors can form your perceptions. I also take a lot of advertising classes and a big thing to note in advertising is that the media can form or change someone's perceptions of the world or of other people and this topic reminded me of that. The way we grow up, or the place we grow up, or what we are taught can alter how we see things in this world.

I find this article very interesting since I have thought of the affects naive realism has had on past societal behaviors, such as the salem witch trials. What seems cruel now, through naive realism, could have been logical then.