Does levelheadedness equal agreement to you or something else?
Often in the non-Fluther world, there are people I stop talking to, or don’t talk to much because they are not levelheaded. People seem to think it is because they do not agree with me. I tell them it has nothing to do with agreement, but with temperance. I don’t care if you disagree so long as you can do so without getting indignant or obstinate. If you can’t debate or argue your point without getting angry or sinking to insults, I do not see you as levelheaded. One can be illogical, and they often are, and still be levelheaded. Where do you set the bar for levelheadedness?
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The answer is strictly subjective. Everyone will have their own perception, and there can be very little consensus.
I see it as someone who will listen to logical positions.
You can have 2 people who are level headed and not agree. Several jellies here are quite levelheaded, yet rarely agree.
Levelheadedness also requires a lot of common sense. People who have seen the video of a plane crashing into the World Trade Center, and insist that a bomb exploded inside the building a second before the impact, and that is why they fell, are not using common sense.
I am level-headed and I disagree with you on the use of “temperance.” Surely you mean “temperament,” unless you are implying that the people you chat with are drunkards?
You ask interesting questions, on the whole, but don’t take the time to edit and remove odd usage and metaphorical flights of fancy.
level-headed, to me, means not losing your temper or becoming irrational.
@gailcalled I am level-headed and I disagree with you on the use of “temperance.” I will be the 1st to tell anyone I am not a professor, and I surely will not try to act like I own a PhD. I am not trying to dazzle anyone by trying to come off like a Rhodes scholar. I also have many conversations with people who proudly say they are from the ”Hood”. I don’t use their lingo or jargon, and don’t try. I can if I play attention to the context figure out what they are saying even if they didn’t use the textbook term. However, I meant a person who is calm, cool, and rational, or can remain so. You can call it what you will.
metaphorical flights of fancy. Elucidate please. I would love to see what flight of fancy I have taken without me knowing.
For me, it’s all about being able to carry on an honest, logiocal, and respectful conversation, and be willing to correct any faux pas when it’s pointed out so we can get back to the conversation. More often than not, when you point out to someone that they’re not conversing honestly, logically, or respectfully, they just get upset, which usually dooms the conversation. The level-headed people are the ones who say “You know, I did mess up. Sorry. Let’s get back to the conversation.”
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