> Ron N said: "The basic premise is widely accepted without question, and > those accepting it are relieved of the burden of having to learn different." > > I think that is a profound way of describing every prejudice, from pianos > to people, race to religion, and the way so many (most?) grow up with fixed > and darned near intractable ideas about the world. Intellectual laziness. > Mental mire. Cerebral concrete. Premature hardening of the categories. > > Part of it is anxiety, I think. People get comfortable with a belief system > (of any sort, but religion is the classic example) and are afraid to think > beyond it because they want to believe the matter is settled and done with, > that they are on the right road, as it were. > > Now, regarding Steinway & Sons: If your job is to peddle $45,000 (and way > up) pianos that are not proportionately better or more costly to build than > a Kawai, fr'instance, then you have GOT to be a TRUE BELIEVER (or a > dangerous sociopath), else how could you sleep at night. I'm grinnin' here, > but there's an element of truth to it, isn't there? > > Alan Barnard I sure think so. "That's the way I was taught", or "brought up", is too often used as a get out of thought free card so we don't have to take the responsibility for our own opinions. But salesmen are another species altogether, and assuredly sociopathic. Ron N
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