Haley Scholars Fall 2012 Reading Groups
By Danielle Hall
Over the course of this semester, we have read and discussed varying
choice processes including informed intuition, collective choices, and
limited or restrictive choices. The processes all point to the myriad
ways that we are informed and impacted by choice.
In the epilogue, I found the following statement by Iyengar a useful
point to consider that sums up her main thoughts and arguments
throughout the book: "Science can assist us in becoming more skillful
choosers, but at its core, choice remains an art" (268). In order to
benefit the most from our choices, we must be willing to accept its
ambiguity as well as its paradox.
How about you -- what's one concept raised in the epilogue that drew
your interest? In brief, explain why that concept or example was notable
or intriguing to you?
4 comments:
The concept that drew my interest most was also the concept of choices being more of an art than science. I agree 100% with this notion because making skillful choices is something that cannot be learned in a day or in a book. It is something that takes time and experience as Iyengar has proven all throughout the book. There is not a recipe to making skillful choices, because the right choice varies among different individuals. It is something one must understand before acting upon. The ways in which Iyengar analyzed the art of choosing makes me analyze my choices everyday; I suppose that is why this concept stood out the most to me in the epilogue.
The concept that drew my attention was lyengar's notion of what choice is: "I believe that choice is ultimately powerful determinant of where we go and how we get there." In my opinion, I think lyengar has perfectly described choice. The choices we make define us as individuals. Everyone has a different path because of the choices they make. Therefore, everyone is unique in there own way. So choice, as lyengar describes, " is a powerful determinant of where we go and how we get there."
Being a student within the science major, I am taught that a "choice" in nature is a bit automatic pertaining to animals in their environment, but i have found that to be not always true. I have found that making the right choice is an art. So making a choice may be scientific, but making the right choice requires thought and lots of judgment. I could not have agreed more with Iyengar.
"Indeed, choice has power precisely because there is uncertainty; if ther future were predetermined, choice wouldn't be worth much." That statement alone got me thinking. Life would be so dry and uneventful if there were no choices. Life would not be as beautiful and special if something that was often times looked over daily no longer exsisted. This idea stood out to me because I believe life should be special and everyones life should be unique to them and their situations.
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