So What's a Paradigm?
Set A: "Everything that can be invented has been invented"-Charles Duell, 1899 "Nothing of importance has happened today"-King George 3 , 1776 "The earth is the centre of the universe"-Ptolemy, 2nd century "For majority of people, use of tobacco has a beneficial"- Dr. Ian G. Macdonald ,1969 "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out." -Decca ,1962 Set B: "No one in my family has ever gone to college. I'd be crazy to think I could make it." "It's no use. My step-dad and I will never get along. We're just too different." "My teacher is out to get me" "She's so pretty.. I'll bet she's a jerk." "It's impossible to get a good job around here 'cause nobody wants to hire a teen." What do these two sets of statements have in common? First ,they are all perceptions about the way things are. Second ,they are all inaccurate o...