The power of self-appreciation and relationships
Posted on May 25, 2016 by Michael Hochberg, One of Thousands of Relationship Coaches on Noomii.
In thought experiments we gain new information by rearranging or re-organizing already known empirical data in a new way.
According to Wikipedia
Thought experiments, which are well-structured, well-defined hypothetical questions that employ subjunctive reasoning (irrealis moods) – "What might happen (or, what might have happened) if . . . " – have been used to pose questions in philosophy at least since Greek antiquity, some pre-dating Socrates (see Rescher 1991). In physics and other sciences many famous thought experiments date from the 19th and especially the 20th Century, but examples can be found at least as early as Galileo.
In thought experiments we gain new information by rearranging or reorganizing already known empirical data in a new way and drawing new (a priori) inferences from them or by looking at these data from a different and unusual perspective. In Galileo’s thought experiment, for example, the rearrangement of empirical experience consists in the original idea of combining bodies of different weight.10
Regardless of their intended goal, all thought experiments display a patterned way of thinking that is designed to allow us to explain, predict and control events in a better and more productive way.
Having this in mind- What would happen if we thought of the people in our lives that we know love us and looked at the world through their eyes? Especially when it comes to what they see in us.
Think about it. What do they see that helps them to love us? What are they saying in their heads when they feel love for us? Even think about the feelings that they are experiencing when they feel love for us.
This is often the first step in getting ourselves to love or appreciate ourselves.
