Hegel’s mistake, Chipping is rewarding.

Hegel’s mistake, Chipping is rewarding.

 By Dr. Sohail Ansari

Conceived and worded by DR Sohail Ansari (originality of concepts and originality of words).

He believes that there can never be a zero scope for improvement and appreciates criticism if it is not for the sake of criticism.

·       ‘Life is much like face book. People will like our problems and comment but no one is going to solve them because everybody seems so busy in updating his own status’.

·       Debate must help one see situation in a different light, but debate for the sake of debate is the means that becomes an end in itself.

Hegel’s mistake 

·        Hegel says: ‘A thesis gives rise to its antithesis and as a result a third view of synthesis emerges’. This is true if one understands opposites as relative concepts and they in fact are, however if antithesis is absolute logical rebuttal and proves things conclusively, there is no amalgamation (that help us understand idea in its entirety) of the earlier views through new view.   

Chipping is rewarding 

·        People say that importance of media in effecting a change is much exaggerated. People vote on group-based loyalties; therefore, do not sift the arguments offering alternative political directions, and a body of floating voters does not conform to reinforcement. Model of electoral behavior are less likely to be reached by political messages as they are less interested in politics.

Constant chipping breaks away (no matter how big) and stalking (no matter how unrewarding in the beginning) is ultimately rewarding. A selective pattern of exposure is undermined by the several-sided discussion and viewers are afforded less scope for consistently to tune in to their own side of the argument. Medium constitutionally mediated to non-partisan norms, and measured choices legitimatize the less certain attitude, conditional and wary commitment and put staunch partisan on the defensive. Party identification and early socialization are the long term influences, but start to give way to short term ones, such as immediate success and failures, and opponents’ lines of attacks.