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Source ForumIdeosynosis — #1
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateTue, 8 Apr 2003 - 13:55
Original URLhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050523071421/https://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=154811
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I thought I'd make up a word, along with a definition, as a starting point for discussion:

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Ideosynosis:
1. The ability to hold two apparently contradictory concepts as true
2. combining two separate distinct and opposing ideologies into a third.


I've noticed this here and other places a lot lately. Of course, this depends on your perspective, but here are some examples:

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IDEOLOGY A' LA CARTE
A. All life is sacred, born and unborn
B. I avocate the deaths of my enemy, or those I deem not innocent.
C. I abhor the deaths of my enemy
D. I do not consider a human life itself sacred, moreso than any other life.
E. I believe in freedom of citizens.
F. I believe in control of citizen's behaviour.
G. I believe those who oppose the government are traitors
H. I believe those who oppose individual freedoms are traitors
I. I abhor individual thought, when it goes against my own.
J. I encourage individual thought
K. Conformity is the only acceptable mode
L. Questioning authority is the only acceptable mode.



examples of Ideosynosis:

Frank's viewpoint is A+B, E+G.
All life is sacred, born and unborn YET I avocate the deaths of my enemy, or those I deem not innocent.
I believe in freedom of citizens YET I believe those who oppose the government are traitors

Wilbur's viewpoint is C+D, E+I
I abhor the deaths of my enemy YET I do not consider a human life itself sacred, moreso than any other life.
I believe in freedom of citizens YET I abhor individual thought, when it goes against my own.


the interesting thing is, once a person becomes Ideosynoptic, they tend to not realize their views are apparently contradictory, yet can pick up on the ideosynoptic behaviours of other quite readily.

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