Choices. I hate them. Why? Well lets take an example: You're going out to dinner with your family. They say, "Ok, you pick tonight. Which restaurant? We have blah blah blah as the options."
Then you'd think, "Hmm, i love Chinese and so does everyone else. But everyone also loves Italian. I don't want south Indian, but Dad's wanted to have South Indian Food for a week, and Mom wants North Indian."
You notice what happened? The vast choices with their various advantages and disadvantages push you into what i call, "That Infinite Grey Area." The seemingly never ending moments of indecision.
Well, enough of describing "That Infinite Grey Area" and off to the main topic of my post: Drawing Conclusions. I'm stuck with indecisiveness as to exactly how does one differentiate between making conclusions vs. assumptions?
Sure, theres the usual definition: Assumption is baseless, Conclusion is after seeing the facts. But when put into practice, its a LOT harder. For example, recently there were some bomb blasts in Bangalore. Now, there was a discussion on this matter at home and in the interest of political correctness, I'll refrain from using any names.So the discussion began with an exclamation, "I'm sure it was the Muslims." I gotta admit, i was pretty pissed when i heard that. That was stereotyping and quite against my beliefs. Later this turned into a full blown heated discussion after which the final understanding was that that was a stereotypical statement and that it was wrong. A few later, the police found connections to terror groups waging jihad.
So was that statement a terribly worded conclusion? Or was it stereotyping? Could it be both? Or are the two mutually exclusive? At what point does something change from assumption to conclusion or vice versa?
Welcome to That Infinite Grey Area
