A lady here recently asked if her bad vibes near a person have any legitimacy. Another person and myself answered her similarly; both initially warning her to not assume her negative senses about someone are justified only by said feelings, with the other person then saying that he does understand the possible power of bad vibrations because they've always been correct in his experience. But we, when last I checked, seemed to have been the only ones to warn her against judging people by what she senses about them instead of by what she confirms about them. She chose one of the other answers as the best, which is fine in my case, as mine was simple and didn't elaborate all that well on her question, but the other answers fed into her concerns more than they asked her to rethink her thought process, and that concerns me. If the basis for judging someone is an unexplained feeling, how many good people will be wrongly accused, and how might they have made us better for really knowing them?
2006-09-04 07:53:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I am not intending to call for bad vibes to be dismissed, and my concern is not with the simple act of not associating with persons whom one senses are negative when such associations are not necessary, but with going so far as to think these senses are true and judging others accordingly.
2006-09-04 08:11:16 · update #1
This a particular Case where it is too hard to answer, because in my opinion you can dismiss your "sixth sense" in the name of rationality. and in this particular case rationality doesn't count that much specially when you sixth sense has helped you many times through your life, which is my case. I agree you should dispense ideas with rational thoughts
2006-09-04 08:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by class4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't dismiss a thing just because it is unexplained.
Outside of circular definitions it is very hard to define blue. Is blue a color? OK, what's a color?
It is very hard to define justice in a sentence or two.
The vibe is unexplained, but it is probably there for a reason.
I might not like a person's fashion sense or something like that. I can usually look past that and get to know a person.
I do, however, follow the vibe. I am confident that some people, for whatever reason, are meant for me to get entangled with. I take the vibe as an early warning of incompatibility.
I am not going to do a person any harm because they give me the bad vibe, but I am going to excuse myself and get away from them PDQ.
2006-09-04 21:24:23 · answer #2 · answered by faqsphinx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True enough. But neither should a bad feeling be dismissed out of hand. What most people call "bad vibes" is really a result of instinct and subconscious perceptions that modern peole are not equipped to interpret fully.
For example, interviews with date rape victims reveal that many of them felt that there was "something off" about their companion, long before things turned ugly. And that they dismissed these feelings as unfounded.
Basically, if you are uncomfortable around a person, you should seriously examine them and figure out why, and in the mean time remain wary.
2006-09-04 15:03:45 · answer #3 · answered by juicy_wishun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Upon meeting anyone we form an opinion(judge) according to what we have experiencend in our life.Don't make it right or don't make it wrong. When we don't have a guide line(based on morals/Bible/knowledge) we are shooting in the dark--no one hits the target in the dark, so why do you ask how to aim?
2006-09-09 04:50:41 · answer #4 · answered by fixerken 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Warp speed Scotty before the Klingons get us.
2006-09-09 07:02:38 · answer #5 · answered by troylfry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
uhhh No.
Ok, yes, but no, with the exception of yes.
2006-09-05 07:27:16 · answer #6 · answered by Sgt Squid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋