Comments on: The Truth About Conventional Wisdom http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/the-truth-about-conventional-wisdom/ Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dean Graziosi http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/the-truth-about-conventional-wisdom/#comment-6633 Dean Graziosi Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:49:13 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=847#comment-6633 I don't really agree with this, I think it just depends of the person giving the "wisdom". I don’t really agree with this, I think it just depends of the person giving the “wisdom”.

]]> By: Patrick is Very Evolved http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/the-truth-about-conventional-wisdom/#comment-6596 Patrick is Very Evolved Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:09:55 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=847#comment-6596 I disagree with that definition of conventional wisdom. It's not the average or distilled wisdom of the crowd. It's more about our individual assessments of how others would react. Conventional wisdom is what we think others would do in the same situations whether it actually turns out to be true or not. For example when you're choosing new clothes to buy you're assessing how much you like them but also implicitly how you <b>think</b> others will react to what you're wearing - particularly if it deviates from current fashions. The sentiment of the article is a good one though - if you're thinking about how others behave, you should also be asking yourself why you should behave that way. Patrick I disagree with that definition of conventional wisdom.
It’s not the average or distilled wisdom of the crowd. It’s more about our individual assessments of how others would react.
Conventional wisdom is what we think others would do in the same situations whether it actually turns out to be true or not.

For example when you’re choosing new clothes to buy you’re assessing how much you like them but also implicitly how you think others will react to what you’re wearing – particularly if it deviates from current fashions.

The sentiment of the article is a good one though – if you’re thinking about how others behave, you should also be asking yourself why you should behave that way.

Patrick

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