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A Different Perspective There are 20 blackbirds sitting in a tree.You shoot one with a slingshot. How many are left? A typical “Western World”—almost reflexive—response will be “19, of course.” But ask, say, a traditional African tribesman the same question and his response, likely to be equally reflexive, would more probably be “None.” And, of course, he’d be right.The remaining 19 are no longer sitting in the tree; they’ve flown off.To this traditional African, the need for interaction and the instant communication of danger among the birds would be obvious. Much of what we term the “Western World” applies a kind of knee-jerk rationalist perspective to all problems, even those which would be better addressed by a more intuitive or interpersonal approach. The “truth” about any situation may be more complex and have more components than our own sometimes narrow cultural reflexes would suggest.

Contributed by Victor on March 20, 2008, at 2:07 AM UTC.

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