Reblog: Explanation of Korzybsky’s Structural Differential
Korzybsky's picture of the Structural Differential
Someone posted a link to the good (IMO) explanation of Korzybski’s tool “structural differential”.
Yet, when I see the example given at the end of the page, I can’t help but find it a bit short (though right): I think it could have been improved by noting that what Emily Observed (O) and Described (D) may not be (and probably isn’t) what the driver that cut her off Observed, Described and inferred. We can hypothesize that:
- he didn’t consciously noticed him cutting her,
- or inferred that she could live with the cut off because his hurry was Inferred as more important than her Inferred driving conditions,
- or inferred that the space between Emily and the car in front was enough for him and that moving in wasn’t really a cut off from his own past driving experience
- etc.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Indeed, your considerations seems like a good addition to the given example, by including the other driver’s abstracting process. I will see to forward your notes to Steve (=the creator of the cited site). Perhaps he can include it somehow.
Thanks for you comment Thomas. I’ve be glad to talk with this to Steve, of course!