Saturday, July 17, 2010

Aaj ka gyaan..

When giving judgment about the fact that someone has changed, we often forget how much we have changed in the meanwhile and that the change we see is only relative to ourselves. We kind of assume ourselves to be an inertial frame of reference. What is especially noteworthy is that you have changed for the other person *exactly* as much as he for you..
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 17, 2010 3:00 PM

    is that a theorem of some sorts?

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  2. DiveshJuly 17, 2010 3:01 PM

    obviously..

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  3. PhoenixJuly 17, 2010 4:36 PM

    The only difference is...whether you tried to resist the change a bit more or less than the other person...that is the grudge, only grudge.

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  4. SaumyaJuly 17, 2010 5:29 PM

    We kind of assume ourselves to be an inertial frame of reference....i liked this...and it's true...

    one can either change for 'better' or for 'worse'

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  5. PriJuly 17, 2010 5:54 PM

    well i guess both notice the changes in the other and then change accordingly...its kinda like a vicious cycle of sorts..
    but in the end the dynamics of the relationship gets altered and that is the worst kinda change :(

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  6. TapasyaJuly 17, 2010 8:31 PM

    I question the use of the word *exactly*

    How much the other person has really changed might not be the same as how much we think s/he has changed.

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  7. DiveshJuly 19, 2010 5:44 PM

    @Phoenix

    Ah, grudges..:)

    @Saumya

    Well, it is hard to say what is "better" and what is "worse", but keep trying to improve as long as you know what it means :)

    @pri

    I somehow don't see it as a cycle.. perhaps, a helix is more like it

    The helix can be both downward and upward, though..

    @Taps

    Tumko sab mathematical bhaasha mein samjhaana padega kya??

    suppose you changed Delta relative to the other person, then the other person changed -Delta relative to you.. so the absolute value is of course the same..

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  8. TapasyaJuly 21, 2010 11:17 AM

    Sorry, what I meant was, if I change Delta relative to myself, it is not necessary that I have changed Delta relative to someone else. That change depends on how the other person perceives me.

    Khair... chhodo ye.. thoda digression tha ye thought from what you wrote.

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  9. DubeyJuly 27, 2010 12:34 PM

    Oh mote... tum bilkul nahin badle :)

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  10. SomeoneJuly 29, 2010 11:02 PM

    perception.... :( sadly

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  11. DiveshAugust 07, 2010 11:06 AM

    @Tapasya

    Agree to both.

    @Dubyaman

    Tum keh rahe ho to maan lete hain :)

    @swati

    Yep :)

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