Have you heard of that phenomenon called cognitive auditory accuracy? It’s basically the notion that we take an idea that is shared across minds and make it a mutual experience. For example, I was asked if I ever thought about the Roman Empire. Without really thinking about it, I had answered yes. That was met with laughter and a few puzzled, “why?”s. What do you mean why? After some research (thanks Tiktok) I’ve seen that it’s not uncommon for men to share the same thought process. What is it about the Roman Empire that has us all up in arms?

 

Have you heard of that phenomenon called cognitive auditory accuracy? No you haven’t, because I made it up. It’s not real, I just used keywords that sort of made sense. But I’m willing to bet that some of you said yes you had, just nodding away eagerly in the hopes of being in the in, that’s just how it happens with psychology for a lot of us. We want to be in the majority–though how can you be in a non-existent majority?

 

Do you want to know what’s interesting about this whole trend? Women start to see the underbelly of shared experiences through men. For some unknown reason, there’s always been a disconnect between us as we struggle to get inside the mind of each other. When you’re watching the videos, you hear the different responses between the interviewer and interviewee. “What do you MEAN you think about it weekly?” followed by “What do you MEAN you don’t?”. I think, for a deeply selfish reason, I sort of like seeing the response and disconnect. We as humans are flawed, we’re all completely separate in life. This is proof of that.

 

This won’t be a segue into politics, it can’t be. Though what it can be is a kōrero about difference of opinion and respecting those around us as we move into the next few weeks of constant arguments, heated discussion and the odd hateful email. Understanding each other’s differences is our strength in the battle against inequality. Seems naive of me to think that but I can’t help it. I’m a serial optimist. 

 

I won’t go on about this but I think about gladiators as the original theatre kids ya know? Not to mention the network of paved roads – 55,000 miles of them across Europe – and sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation…

 

Many churs, and until the next time.