03.10.08

Move the goal post

Posted in Charlie, Luke at 2:20 am by selfwalker

A SUPER CRAZY HAT UPDATE:  Remember the story about me finding Charlie’s hat on the sidewalk curve?  The hat that had been missing for about three weeks?  Well there has been a slight twist in events because today we found the hat again!  I saw the hat at my mother-in-law’s house and I quickly asked  April, “Hey did you bring this hat here?”  ”No.” she said.  Her face was as confused as mine.  Both us were thinking the exact same thing, “Well then whose hat do we have at our house?  Is it some one else’s?”  This experience was very weird.  What is the chance of me finding a hat that looks exactly like Charlie’s, as I am walking back to pick up his other that Charlie just through out of his wagon, while April and I were strolling around down town?  Before today I would have said no chance, but I now see that there is one.  As a result, finding the actual hat throws a wrench in the possible reasons for finding the “hat” the first time.  Could I still say that I created it or that a spirit guided me to it or that it was meant to be?  Sure but then I would have to change the beliefs a bit so that they could now fit the new story.  This is sort of like the phrase, “moving the goal post”, which basically means changing your ideas so that your ideas are not wrong.  For instance, suppose someone finds a study that conflicts with their beliefs.  Their reaction could be, “Well that is just one study; that doesn’t really show much.”  Even if more evidence conflicts with their beliefs, they can just keep moving the goal post farther and farther back, to the point that the beliefs can never be seen as possibly false.  Better yet, is when one study, or form of evidence, is found that supports their beliefs and they say, “Told you so!”  Thus, only one is needed to confirm while an uncountable amount is needed to expose the lack of reason.So if anyone one else is missing a blue hat with orange stripes and ear flaps let me know because Charlie cannot wear two at a time.  Yes, two heads are better than one, but you still only need one hat.