Hi Onward2wards,
I will have to re-read this and reply in more detail...there are lots of shades of grey here..yet you write with absolute clarity!
Oh so brief and limiting but... my mind and "software" works this way. I am forced to generalise in order to set the outer boundaries of a given subject. Those with sufficient IQ and self awareness will remain engaged and we are able to drill down into the infinite angles.
Perhaps I have learned some of the self management techniques that you describe...as I have gotten older I find I am able to speak initially with more precision than when younger and less confident that I was sane.
Speaking about emotion, thought and perception is as difficult as describing a colour in a phone conversation.. you just know that there is insufficient detail to address the multitude of possible interpretations by the other party. I take your point that a certain level of "accuracy" is sufficient more often than not; more explanation may just be OC, but still...don't we feel that if only that "colour" could be explained better then your respondent would share the same rush at it's true perception?
This of course applies to all subjects, images, concepts, new designs, takes on historical events, engineering, metaphysics....
All I can say is that I am thankful for our huge brains and our capacity to continually write revised software to keep pace with the ever increasing volume of new information.
Thank you for this... you have me thinking ( but not too much). The downside of this awareness of infinity is that many will look askance and mutter WTF! The upside is that some will be encountered who will say " Yeah, but what about this..." Another layer upon the layers.
I would rather be mute than to live in a dumbed down awareness.