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모순적인 일,
납득되지 않는 일
영어 이야기
counterintuitive
[kàuntərintjúːitiv]
반직관적인
납득되지않는
음악 전공한 사람들 (특히 성악을 비롯한 연주자)은
자신의 종교적 배경과 다른 음악을 다룰 때가 많다.
크리스마스가 되면 예수를 믿지 않는 가수들이
"기쁘다 구주 오셨네," 또는 "고요한 밤, 거룩한 밤,"을
감정을 다해 노래하는 것이 이상할 정도다.
It is COUNTERINTUITIVE for an atheist musician to perform a sacred music.
무신논자 가수가 성곡을 연주하는 는 것은 납득되지 않는다.
'"미인은 잠꾸러기,라는 말은
게으른 여인을 미화하려는 간접화법이라고 생각했었으나
다음과 같은 서양 속담을 보고 그 뜻을 이해하게 되었다.
It may seem COUNTERINTUITIVE, but we do burn calories when we sleep.
직관적이지 않아보이지만,
(우리 몸이 운동을 전혀하지 않고) 잠을 잘 때에 칼로리 (熱量)를 소모시킨다.
(그래서 잠을 많이 자는 잠꾸러기 몸매가 좋을 수 있다는 ~)
counterintuitive 는 물론 counter (反) + intuitive 이며
intuitive 는 Latin 어 in (or en) + tueri (watch over)이다.
'제대로 보이지 않는'이 counterintuitive 의 뿌리이다.
counterintuitive 의 뿌리를 캐다가 흥미로운 점을 발견했다.
그 낱말의 사용빈도가 문화가 발전될수록
그리고 개인주의의 발달과 함께 더 자주 사용되고 있다는 사실이다.
1800년대에는 잘 쓰이지 않던 것이 1980부터
자주 사용하던 사람들이 2000년까지 꾸준히
더 많이 사용된다는 것이 씁쓸하다.
차라리 비문명 세대에 살면서 우리의 삶과 언어가
반듯했으면 하는 생각과 함께 ~.
이런 생각을 하다가
How to change someone's mind (누군가의 마음을 바꾸는 법)
이라는 글 가운데 이런 문장을 소개하고 싶었다.
It is possible to persuade people if you go about it in a highly COUNTERINTUITIVE way.
납득되지 않는 일을 진행한다 해도
사람들을 설득하는 것이 가능하다
(Psychology Today, January 17, 2023)
(하긴 당신과 이미 같은 주장을 하는 사람들의 마음을
바꾸려고 애쓸 필요는 없을 터이니까 ~ )
대한민국의 정치를 긍정적으로 보는 국민들이 많지 않지만\
특히 요즈음 '반대를 위한 반대'를 하는 사람들의 주장을 보면서
Holding a negative thinking towards undecided is COUNTERINTUITIVE.
결정되어지지도 않는 일에 대해 부정적 생각을 품는 것은
납득이 되지 않는다.
What has been your COUNTERINTUITIVE claim for your own lives?
당신 자신의 삶을 위한 납득되지 않는 주장은 무엇이었는가?
California Eureka
It is possible to persuade people if you go about it in a highly COUNTERINTUITIVE way.
만약 당신이
Latin intueri "look at, consider," from in- "into" (from PIE root *en "in") + tueri "to look at, watch over,
Nick Morgan Ph.D.
Communications That Matter
How to Change Someone's Mind, According to Neuroscience
Science says we can change a person's mind, even in today's divided world.
Updated January 17, 2024
Reviewed by Michelle Quirk
1980부터 up 2020 top
KEY POINTS
It is possible to persuade people if you go about it in a highly counterintuitive way.
Take the most extreme version of the view that your audience holds and embrace that.
Hold the extreme nature of your audience's views to gentle ridicule, rather than criticism.
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Waterless car washing may seem a little counterintuitive, a bit like taking a waterless shower.
It was COUNTERINTUITIVE for an atheist singer to sing a hymn
Holding a negative feeling towards undefined is counterintuitive.
Superpositions can lead to counterintuitive outcomes in quantum experiments.
The concept of spending money to save money may seem counterintuitive
The idea of working less to achieve more may seem counterintuitive
It may seem counterintuitive, but we do burn calories when we are sleeping.
That might sound counterintuitive but it is easy to explain.
The direction we had to follow was counterintuitive—we had to go north first before we went south.
Although a predatory spider seems a counterintuitive source of painkiller, it is not as odd as it sounds.
It may seem counterintuitive, but exercising actually gives you more energy.
As odd as it may seem
Such counterintuitive behavior can be harnessed to allow new types of communication.
It was counterintuitive that the smaller car was safer in the crash test than the larger one."
As counterintuitive as it may seem, the universe has no center, and it has no boundary.
It may seem counterintuitive, but studies have shown that people who take breaks during the workday are actually more productive."
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The proverbial visitor from Mars—especially one who was here for a return visit—might be pardoned for wondering how societies across the globe have become
so polarized in their beliefs.
counterintuitive (adj.)
also counter-intuitive, "contrary to intuition, opposed to what would be expected," 1955, from counter- + intuitive.
also from 1955
Entries linking to counterintuitive
word-forming element used in English from c. 1300 and meaning "against, in opposition; in return; corresponding," from Anglo-French countre-, French contre-, from Latin contra "opposite, contrary to, against, in return," also used as a prefix (see contra (prep., adv.)). A doublet of contra-. In some cases it probably represents a purely English use of counter (adv.).
1640s, "perceiving directly and immediately," from French intuitif or directly from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from intuit-, past-participle stem of Latin intueri "look at, consider," from in- "into" (from PIE root *en "in") + tueri "to look at, watch over," a word of uncertain origin. Meaning "self-evident" is from 1833. Related: Intuitively; intuitiveness.
My Facebook feed has become a wasteland of worry on one side or the other, and what’s difficult is that the sides aren’t even looking at, or celebrating, or obsessing about the same things.
They’re occupying two different, parallel universes, and they don’t even overlap much, let alone talk to one another.
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Of course, that’s worrisome on many levels, but the particular issue I found myself worrying about recently was whether or not you could argue productively with the other side.
I mean, would the facts of the matter make any difference? Given that these parallel worldviews seem to be held with passionate conviction on both sides, is there any possibility of changing people’s minds with some sort of argument?
And, if so, what would it look like?
Fortunately, neuroscience has come to the rescue.
It is possible to persuade people, even those holding very deeply to their views, to reconsider those tenets—if you go about it in a highly counterintuitive way.
This holds an interesting insight for speakers of all stripes who are trying to bridge the current divide or simply talk to people who think differently from them on any subject at all.
The secret is not to argue, but to agree.
But agree in a very specific way.
Take the most extreme version of the view that your audience holds (and from which you wish to dislodge them) and embrace that.
Then tell them that you agree with them, the audience because they believe this version of the argument.
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Don’t mess around with trying to find a middle ground, in short. Double down. Embrace your inner extremist.
But begin by telling them you agree with them.
This is the rhetorical equivalent of Nixon going to China.
Back in those days, a more liberal president couldn’t have managed it, but Nixon could because he was seen to be strong on the subject of world communism.
He wasn’t going over to the enemy; he was taking it to the enemy.
Much different.
If you want to argue the rights and wrongs of this infinitely depressing moment in world history, agree with your enemies—or at least the audience in front of you. Embrace the extreme. Then, try to walk the argument back from the abyss.
This rhetorical approach is similar to an ancient Greek method of argument:
reductio ad absurdum, where you appear to embrace an argument and then take it to its extreme. Expel all the undesirable foreigners from our country? Why stop there? Let’s start subjecting people to purity tests. Unless you’ve been in this country for, oh, eight generations, then you should be sent back to wherever it is your ancestors came from.
If you can get your audience to see the extreme nature of their views, by holding them up to (very gentle) ridicule, rather than criticism, then that is the first step toward getting them to change those views. The problem with our cultural divide today is that it has normalized the extremes and led people to believe that the beliefs they hold are not crazy. Embracing the craziness rather than ranting against it may be a first step in the right direction.