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OK, I go along with that. So if my mental model is that I like highly stylized Traditional Japanese style Bonsai, I would have much less patience for a tree done in a neo-classical style. My mental model would prefer to see trees that were finely groomed and displayed with finely wired tips and every nueance of the branches kept just so. I might go so far as to wonder why someone would waste their time in not seeking out the best possible material, so that they could spend all their time in bonsai refinement, rather than spending all their time in developing taper, branch structure and things like that...

I might also wonder why other people would not think like me? I might get to the point that I may even work very hard to sway people to my way of thinking.

Could this motivation of the perfect mental model drive one so hard that they become obsessed with their way of thinking, and that no one else could possibly do it better?

15-Dec-2002	#18
bonsaial1 Greybeard Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Fresno, CA Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 13SH Posts: 5,247	OK, I go along with that. So if my mental model is that I like highly stylized Traditional Japanese style Bonsai, I would have much less patience for a tree done in a neo-classical style. My mental model would prefer to see trees that were finely groomed and displayed with finely wired tips and every nueance of the branches kept just so. I might go so far as to wonder why someone would waste their time in not seeking out the best possible material, so that they could spend all their time in bonsai refinement, rather than spending all their time in developing taper, branch structure and things like that... I might also wonder why other people would not think like me? I might get to the point that I may even work very hard to sway people to my way of thinking. Could this motivation of the perfect mental model drive one so hard that they become obsessed with their way of thinking, and that no one else could possibly do it better? __________________ Real men don't wear coats with "happi" in the title.