Faith writes:
Interesting. So you and Phat are among the most highly evolved according to their view of cultural stages. And of course I'm the least evolved with my Traditional worldview. I wonder what it means on their scheme that I used to be Modernist -- just that I regressed I suppose.
All creatures currently alive are equally evolved to fit their niche if you are somehow referring to the TOE. As for sharing a supposed worldview with Phat, that's fine with me. Having many conversations with him back when chat was active, I know he is a lot sharper than some people think. He is also religious without being dogmatic, a quality some lack.
By saying that place influenced your worldview do you happen to mean that you were where New Age concepts are most emphasized?
Actually, one of the main reasons I left California was I was sick of new age claptrap along with vacuous Hollywood values. When I moved to New Mexico, I attended New Mexico Tech which offers no degree programs outside of the sciences and engineering other than math and has no sport programs - how refreshing.
What I mean is I grew up on a very diverse state that was ground zero in a major cultural shift in the USA. I was exposed to different worldviews, some just emerging, in my formative years than most US citizens are exposed to in a lifetime. As for New Mexico the experience was similar as the college attracted students worldwide to an even greater extent than the one I attended in California. Additionally it was 45% Hispanic with a culture dating back 400 years, and 10% American Indian, on top of that, which is another multi-culture in its own right.
I am not saying such experiences are unique to both states, just that I think it has a lot to do with being labelled integrative by this one goofy, biased, and unscientific test.
How did you get zero for the worldview you identify with least? By not choosing anything? If so, why didn't you?
I answered every question, that was the result. I thought most questions had multiple answers I could agree to but chose what I felt was a best fit to my current state of mind.
Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. - Francis Bacon