Idea 2: Why is there so much misunderstanding?
The peoples of the world are islands shouting at each other across a sea of misunderstanding.
George Eliot, English author
Why is there so much misunderstanding within the human family?
One obvious cause is the lack of a common language. But, as those who speak the same language are all too often aware, virtually anything that we say to one another is capable of being misinterpreted and misunderstood.
Not only is our speech an infinitely varied weaving and interweaving of 40 different sounds, but the resulting words are capable of many different interpretations. Hence a man or woman can convey or communicate much more widely and more deeply than a chimpanzee can with his fellows, but at the risk ...
