Given the difficulties of true communication between two humans, to what extent can you really know another person?
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Given the difficulties of true communication between two humans, to what extent can you really know another person?
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You have to trust them to tell you what they are about and be patient and know we are all figuring out and testing who we are constantly. Just because someone says x doesn't mean they believe it, they might just be trying it. Just love them for who they are and who they might become, then you really know them.
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/Answer Posted By: David
Given the difficulties of true communication between two humans, to what extent can you really know another person?
We tend to see what we want to see in others, which ultimately leads to disappointment when reality manifests itself differently then our expectations. The only way we can really know someone else is through what actions they have done. In truth, this does not tell you actually who they are but who they were. If it was a one-time action, then it's possible that said person may not return to their former self. However, if said person has proven over and over again that they are capable of doing certain actions, then you can at least know another person to the extent of reliability in those past actions.
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/Answer Posted By: Derek
Given the difficulties of true communication between two humans, to what extent can you really know another person?
Takes time, patience, compassion, and truly shared experiences to really know someone. It can be done.
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/Answer Posted By: J .
Given the difficulties of true communication between two humans, to what extent can you really know another person?
Only the Biblical type of "know" as in carnal knowledge. And even that is, as we see with divorce statistics, worthless. Only identical twins can claim true communication that is more than that of old married couples finishing each others' sentences. Is there some reason why these questions are so philosophical? Do you want an answer more suited to epistemology? Or to neuroscience? If so, inquire within but have your checkbook out because I don't think for free.
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/Answer Posted By: Kate
Given the difficulties of true communication between two humans, to what extent can you really know another person?
Never completely, but that's okay - you've gotta keep a slice of yourself just for you.
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/Answer Posted By: Manish
Given the difficulties of true communication between two humans, to what extent can you really know another person?
as far as I understand the language the other person speaks.
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/Answer Posted By: Phillip
Given the difficulties of true communication between two humans, to what extent can you really know another person?
People judge, even when they say they don't. That word judge makes it sound negative. It's logical, there's first impressions, and impressions made in follow up meetings. So at what point do you know them, can you ever really know them? I think you can know a person enough to the point where you can create a range of expected behaviors, and that person will rarely act outside the range in your head. The more often your idea of that person matches up with reality, the more you will feel like you know them.
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