Huh, I must have accidentally deleted my post I made a bit ago. Weird. Oh, well, I'll try again :-)
I wanted to thank you, Steve, for posting this interview because it helped bring to light some of my own concerns about how I teach. I'm aways afraid that people aren't going to take me seriously. Even my husband thinks I'm crazy sometimes when I talk about important stuff.
I'd love to figure out what the secret (heh) is to presenting myself in a way that people see as being intelligent and well informed. Some people are open to almost anything (my Mom loved The Secret), while others need a more "grounded" presentation to be convinced. My hope is that I can be more grounded, so that I can reach the folks who wouldn't be caught dead watching something like The Secret :-)
But I'm just not sure how to do that. Where is the line between stuff that sounds new agey and weird, and stuff that sounds reasonable and scientific? For example, why does the idea of thoughts having "frequencies" sound so silly to some people? I'm not even really sure of what it means, myself, but I suspect that there is some truth to this idea, but just can't imagine how to get at it in a more universally convining way...
-Turtle  |