EXPERIENCE: HOW TO TELL ONE THING FROM ANOTHER

 

 

 

1. Visual: one is different than the rest.

 

2. Material: one is man made.

 

3. Use: one is decorative.

 

4. Location: chickens are world wide.

 

“Pass the roasted plastic dinosaur,” said no one ever, and no one ever will, but ‘pass the chicken’ will live forever.

 

Seen through this feathery prism, problem solving gets easier with experience.

 

1. Visual: Is the solution similar to other solutions to similar problems?

 

2. Material: Is the solution organic to the problem, or applied from the outside?

 

3. Use: Will solving this problem make things better? Easier? More beautiful?

 

4. Location: Can you use this solution where you see fit?

 

Global Warming for instance.

 

Is there evidence this has happened before? Is the science accurate?

 

Is global warming avoidable?

 

Will addressing global warming open the floodgates to a slew of other environmental issues?

 

Will working to limit global warming benefit the world?

 

Putting older people in charge of long tail policies, the results of which they’ll never see, feeds a short term goal: maximum profits.

 

All that’s standing between that and a better future to share down the line is trust that voters in the longest democracy in history know the difference between face value and real value. Call it experience. A recognizable face spewing nonsense doesn’t suddenly turn to sense any more than a plastic dinosaur is a chicken.

 

The encouraging words from the dinosaur, “Look, I’m as much a chicken as the rest of them, believe me,” doesn’t change the science.

 

Trusting that a toy dinosaur and live chickens are the same thing is an experience that will leave you disappointed the next time you eat chicken noodle soup, fire up the barbecue, or drive through Popeye’s. Chewy plastic isn’t the same as free roaming chicken. Dinosaur eggs aren’t the same as chicken eggs.

 

When you have doubts about what you see, take a moment to stare and compare, watch and learn. Which one moves? Which one has feathers? Which one looks like a chicken.

 

Accept no substitutes, no matter what the dinosaur says. When in doubt, check with Jimi.