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The Mental MapThe Mental Map
www.ofelon.orgwww.ofelon.org
Ofelon project utilizes a Creative Commons license
Abstracts ( 9 )Abstracts ( 9 )
Our experiences, both directly and culturally learnt,accumulate and form in our mind
a model of the world that allows us to predict events
and therefore to decide our behaviors
Our experiences, both directly and culturally learnt,accumulate and form in our mind
a model of the world that allows us to predict events
and therefore to decide our behaviors
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This mental map guides us in orienting our behaviors, like a road map determines the route of a journey
This mental map guides us in orienting our behaviors, like a road map determines the route of a journey
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A good road map has to lead us to our destination
and a good mental map functionis to guide us in everyday life
A good road map has to lead us to our destination
and a good mental map functionis to guide us in everyday life
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Our mental map is an essential resourceand therefore we tend to defend the same at all costs
Our mental map is an essential resourceand therefore we tend to defend the same at all costs
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Any innovation, although obvious,that risks to jeopardizeour view of the world,is naturally rejected
Any innovation, although obvious,that risks to jeopardizeour view of the world,is naturally rejected
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Only novelties that can be consistently inserted
in our mental map are acceptedas reliable,
leaving out their real foundation
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The closed-mindedness to novelties
is a natural mechanism of defense
of our tested and consolidated map of reference
in front of the world that surrounds us
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If anyway the world that surrounds us quickly changesour closed-mindedness becomes harmful, as it doesn’t allow as fast an adaptation
If anyway the world that surrounds us quickly changesour closed-mindedness becomes harmful, as it doesn’t allow as fast an adaptation
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The acceptance of a novelty is for a person as easy as the same is spread in the community
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The greater is the emergency to be faced,the most an adequate mass cultural response
is needed
The greater is the emergency to be faced,the most an adequate mass cultural response
is needed
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Ofelon for all
and all for Ofelon!
Ofelon for all
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