The Jennifer Syndrome
The Jennifer Syndrome
I have a friend at work by the name of Jennifer. Now when the topic of bigfoot research comes up in conversation she goes into a tirade usually along the lines of - Where's the evidence? Where's the body? Why hasn't one been shot?
If you mention to her that all of these questions have already been addressed on many of the websites, she laughs boldly and walks away.BFRO - Frequently Asked Questions
This reaction to the mentioning of the word bigfoot I admit is very common in our modern American society. I am not a psychologist so I can not adequately explain or understand it other than I suspect its root causes are
1) Fear of the unknown.
2) Fear of anything associated with the dark.
3) Fear of the "boogie man" or "monsters in the closet".
4) Concerns that we humans are not the only upright walking ape.
What about me? Am I insulted or feel put down because of the ridicule? No. Although I may disapprove of their reaction or taunts I know that it has been a common situation for a long, long time.
What about the witnesses?
posted by Indigobusiness @ Friday, November 17, 2006
9 Comments
9 Comments:
I wouldn't call that "Jennifer Syndrome"!
Accepting the existence of the mysterious bipedal animal in the woods means accepting the existence of the mysterious animal within somehow.
It's the same reason a lot of people refuse to accept the theory of evolution -- despite the evidence. Everyone I've ever heard dispute it can't come to grips with the fact that there is a connection between monkeys and humans. Of course, I guesss it makes it easier to mess up the rain forest that way.
Of course YOU wouldn't call it that. Shuh!
It's another divisor indicator of the split in human schools of thinking.
More evidence of the splitting paradigms.
Some follow the evidence wherever it leads. Some are dedicated to forcing the evidence into their style of denial.
I try to be exegesiastic.
(-expealidocious)
But even those who are trying to follow the evidence have to be vigilant.
It's easy to unconsciously adjust the evidence to fit one's desired outcomes.
Quantum theory or psychoanalysis or whatever...
Easy has never been much fun, nor of much value.
A good Buddhist never has any attachment to outcome.
Avoiding the easy IS what I would call "Jennifer Syndrome".
(but I'm no Buddhist.)
Buddhism is beside the point, as is avoiding the easy.
I definitely figured you for one who would choose the hard way.
(Which is also beside the point.)
The point is not all nefarious deeds are done in the name of evil.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I think a pathological need for safety is also in that cement mixture. What the Buddhists might call desire?
Evil? Whuh?
Nefarious deeds?
You lost me at the bakery, but intention is everything...in human terms.
Desire, in Buddhist terms, is a form of non-acceptance of things as they are. Any craving, even of security, falls into that lot.
Pathological anything is a form of out-of-balance.
Balance is being in-tune...-> Harmony.
Well done, IB.
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