tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6586859.post114945714500667160..comments2023-10-08T05:10:34.219-05:00Comments on Who am I? Why am I here?: Millenials? Validity of Generational GeneralizationElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04573358506904053791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6586859.post-1151252324190605772006-06-25T11:18:00.000-05:002006-06-25T11:18:00.000-05:00Very well explained! I believe you're absolutely ...Very well explained! I believe you're absolutely right about people making order out of chaos. I suppose we all do it, and sometimes it is necessary and helpful, but there is certianly no shortage of over-theorizing among the human race.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573358506904053791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6586859.post-1151122748369701442006-06-23T23:19:00.000-05:002006-06-23T23:19:00.000-05:00I feel people make generalizations like these for ...I feel people make generalizations like these for two reasons: one they are lazy and generalizations often are a substitute for real thought (yes I realize that that statement was in itself a huge generalization) and two, the human mind often looks for patterns, and sometimes creates patterns where they don't exist.<BR/><BR/>For example, I used to work as a poker dealer and the players would often make comments like "boy the sixes are playing a lot tonight." In actuality, their minds were trying to create order out of a random situation. Every time a six came out they would notice it because it proved their theory, that sixes were playing, was correct, but they continually failed to notice all of the times when the sixes weren't playing.<BR/><BR/>This concept of the millenial generation or whatever runs along the same premise. People see one or two people in their lives that maybe have some of these characteristics, so they create a pattern, this "millenial group" and explain away millions of people with diverse lives who come from diverse backgrounds, and they do this to create order out of chaos and simplicity out of confusion. Or because they're just idiots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com